Sunshine gave way to heavy rain this afternoon and many students at CSUS were caught off-guard by the sudden change in weather. The past week has been warm and spring-like in the Sacramento Valley, and yesterday’s temperature rose to 80 degrees. Today, however, will not get warmer than 57 degrees and tonight is expected to be just 47 degrees.
Some students arrived at school wearing flip-flops and riding bicycles, obviously not aware of today’s forecast. Other students knew the storm was on its way but didn’t want to believe it.
“My phone said it,” CSUS alum Chris Berry said about the weather forecast while holding up his iPhone, “but my phone lies.”
Berry is originally from the Bay Area and said that the weather is more extreme there than it is in the Sacramento Valley.
“We have hot days and cold nights,” he said about Bay Area weather, “but here it’s hot all day, hot all night.”
He continued, “At least it’s consistent.”
The weather in the past week has made some feel bitter about the new rainfall.
“I hate it,” CSUS alum Tiffany Mistretta said. “I want a direct quote. This weather is shady.”
Berry and Mistretta were stationed at a booth outside Mendocino Hall trying to recruit communications majors for a public relations conference to be held on April 25. Despite their best efforts, though, most students ignored them and rushed inside to get out of the rain.
The storm that moved in today is expected to remain until Saturday. According to www.weather.com, temperatures will dip to 65 degrees with a low of 44 degrees by Friday.
The good news is that CSUS’ spring break was last week when the weather was much nicer, so the student body won’t have to worry about scheduling their break activities around the rain.
Chris Berry said he doesn’t have anything planned for the rainy week ahead.
“I only had plans last week,” he said.
