Indian Summer In December

seekermeister · 13 Feb 2012

It seems that it can't decide whether to be Spring or Summer here. It got down to 12 degrees last night, and when I just looked out the patio door, lo and behold, it has snowed a little bit. Only enough to turn the grass and autos white, but the forecast shows the next few days looking like a roller coaster. I was beginning to hope that I could forget about Winter this year, since it is almost the ides of February, but will have to wait to see what happens.

Fantail · 13 Feb 2012

Notice how the Cowboy Winter, gets very little attention on this forum.

seekermeister · 14 Feb 2012

I guess it might be a bit boring dwelling on the weather in a location where most of you don't live, but it is the only weather that I have, and the patterns have kind of interested me. Today the snow is gone, but the fog has rolled in. They are calling it 1/4 mile, but I would estimate it at half that distance. Gloomy enough that it reminds me of movies shot in the Moors.

seekermeister · 22 Feb 2012

Back up to 71 degrees, and it is supposed to rise a couple more degrees before sun down. It is getting on toward true Spring, but since that is still about a month from now, I guess this qualifies as another Indian Summer day.

Sardonicus · 22 Feb 2012

71, that's great. It'll be interesting to see what March brings. I'll take this weather, any day!

seekermeister · 22 Feb 2012

In one sense, this would have been a very bad Winter for the pioneers, because Indian Summer was the times when the Indians were were most likely to attack...hence it's name.

Sardonicus · 22 Feb 2012

Bad, indeed! A good point!