Ithaca

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Climate	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Daily highs °F	31	34	42	56	67	76	80	79	71	59	48	36
Nightly lows °F	15	17	23	34	44	53	58	56	49	38	32	22

In some ways, Ithaca is a town of many contrasts that can attract different types of visitors. Ithaca is very much a college town, but it is also home to very solid and vibrant permanent community. The town is small and surrounded by outdoor amenities. Cornell University has the feel of the Ivy League school that it is, yet it excels in state-wide agricultural and veterinary research, and is the state's land-grant university.

Ithaca/Tompkins Convention and Visitor's Bureau

(http://www.visitithaca.com) 607 272 1313

Call, go online, or come into the Visitor's Center at 904 East Shore Drive Rte. 34 for maps, and help finding lodging, dining, events and attractions in Ithaca and Tompkins County. Visit the website for information on planning group accommodations including weddings, conferences, reunions, etc.

Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce

(http://www.tompkinschamber.org) 607 273 7080

Relocation packets, and information on local businesses.

Ithaca has a humid continental climate, and is markedly cooler than New York City. Winter is cold, sometimes bitterly so, with temperatures reaching 0 F or lower ten times per annum. There is also significantly more snow and more cloudy days than along most of the coast. The best time of year to visit is summer -- as it is the sunniest and driest season, days are pleasantly warm but rarely too hot, and nights are crisp. Fall is also pretty -- the fall foliage in the area rivals that anywhere in New England. Foliage peaks in early October. The first snowfall can occur as early as around Halloween.