What is winter?

[Bill Palmer]

When I was living in Newport RI, we used to say "Here there are two seasons,
winter and the 4th of July"

Bill Palmer

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From: "Herb Stahlke" <hfwstahlke at GMAIL.COM>
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Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: What is winter?


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> In northern Wisconsin they are said to hope that summer comes on a
> Sunday so they can enjoy it.
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> Herb
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> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:22 PM, Alice Faber <faber at haskins.yale.edu>
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>> Joel S. Berson wrote:
>>> At 2/18/2010 08:05 PM, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
>>>> A newspaper article today quotes a meteorologist of the National
>>>> Weather Service who said that "althought winter officially runs from
>>>> Dec 21 to Mar 21, forecasters mostly define it as Dec through Feb."
>>>>
>>>> Forecasters are changing the seasons.  First I've heard about that.
>>>
>>> "As New Englanders know, winter is the longest season of the
>>> year."  [Zielinski and Keim, New England Weather, 75.]
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>> And how far back does "X has two seasons, winter and road construction"
>> go?
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