Forty-five degrees and fair one day, below 25 degrees and windy the next — the weather in State College this winter has been anything but consistent.

This shifting weather has had an impact on some weather-related businesses in State College, namely those at Tussey Mountain Winter Resort.

Business at the mountain was relatively slow early in the season, Dave Fahrenbach, general manager at Tussey Mountain, said.

He did not attribute this slump in business to the national recession, however.

"We're really pretty weather related," he said. "We were slow because of the warm weather."

But after a slow December, business at Tussey Mountain bounced back thanks to the recent string of cold weather in State College.

Business picked up after the holiday break, Fahrenbach said.

"January was real good," he said. "We had that cold period topped off by 14 inches of snow."

Because of this cold stretch, "we had plenty of snow on the slopes," Fahrenbach added.

The scattered warm weather this month has not affected the amount of snow at the mountain, Fahrenbach said.

"We still have plenty of snow," he said.

Tamra Malczyk, vice president of the Penn State ski team, said the recent weather has improved the conditions on the mountain.

"It's been pretty good," she said. "They made a lot of snow. That gave it a nice base."

Malczyk added that the conditions are not the best she's ever seen.

"It's not the greatest snow in the world," she said. "We just have to deal with it."

Dealing with problematic weather conditions is nothing new for the team, Malczyk said.

"I think last year was kind of the same situation. We're used to dealing with adverse weather conditions," she said. "We sometimes have to readjust the schedule a little bit."

"Hopefully the weather will pick up," she added.

Joel Gratz, secretary of the team, said the inconsistent weather has had no effect on the ski team.

"Nothing's changed for us. We're skiing just as much this year (as last year)," he said.

From what he has seen, business at the mountain has not slowed down much.

"I know last Thursday the place was absolutely packed," he said. "It was the busiest I've seen it in the last two and a half to three years."