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[zylch]

February's over yet again, thank god. I hate that month; thank goodness it's only 28 days long.

As far as I'm concerned, winter is over and spring is here. Any snow that falls before next December will be considered a fluke and ordered to hie itself hence forthwith and without further ado.

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Comments

[diermuid]

You DO realize that the best (worst) snowstorms (and IceStorms) happen in October and March? Primarily because those are the wetter transitional months. I am never surprised if we don't have snow in December-January, but having lived here for . . . holy shit, a lot of years! . . . I don't consider winter over until we've gotten through whatever March has to throw at us.

On the plus side, once the March Snow-burp passes, it IS Spring.

[celticwhistlin]

I noted the Meteorologists (read: Guessorologists) said we should be in the 50 this weekend. I am trying not to get my hopes up as I really really really really want to get on the bike and do not want to be too terrible disappointed.

I agree with you about March granted I haven't been here as long as you have. ;-p

[diermuid]

I had to count back... I think it has been 13 years total, but that has been a reoccurring trend... shock at the 'freak' snow and ice storms that seem to be out of season. But since local precipitation amounts peak in March and October. I think the 'unexpected' part of it is that meterologists who have lived here for a while don't point that out more. Although they DO do pretty well with predicting weather in the short term. Although a limitation is that they report for the uber-metro... for the outdoor events that I plan, I check what the expected temps are a few days out (because they're pretty close on that) but then I check moving satellite maps to see if the "chance of precipitation" is skirting the north side, south side, or plowing over us like lemmings on a cliff.

Granted, I have to sleep out in the weather for days at a time, so I tend to be my own meteorologist for the few square miles I'm in, which is much easier.

[zylch]

And I've lived here 30, minus one in England and a little bit of off-and-on in Virginia. There is plenty of snow in March, and there is almost always one in April, just when everyone has assumed snow is over for the year. I refuse to be deterred from considering it a fluke on account of it being a recurring event. It's just a fluke that happens every damn year, and I will order it to hie itself hence whenever it happens because it does not fit with my declaration of How Things Shall Be.