"But things like this aren't fun to do," he said with a shrug of his shoulders. "I don't really care about the weather for myself, only what it does to my work. And good weather is good for it, so I am happy."

Carlie Partridge, 19, a jogging enthusiast out for a 10-mile run, contrasted Boston's weather with that of her native Seattle.

As Partridge stretched in front of Weld Boathouse, the sun peering through the clouds and a breeze ruffling her hair, she said she was amazed by the spring-like weather and the city's ambiance during her first foray into Cambridge.

"We've had 92 straight days of rain in Seattle," she said, sighing. "It's so refreshing to be here where it's pleasant. It really lifts your spirits."

Partridge, a sophomore at the University of Washington, said she plans to transfer to a Massachusetts college next academic year. Upon arrival in the area, she said she knew immediately that Boston was the place for her.

"The people here are so much more considerate than they are portrayed out West," she said, explaining that Bostonians have a reputation for rudeness.

"Maybe it's this springy mind-set. I guess people around here are finally waking up after winter," she said.