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ithinkimaybe t1_j98hb9h wrote

I accepted the world is ending with the amount of trees and flowers accelerating into full bloom before Feb ends. Usually seeing that brings me out of seasonal depression but it’s way too early.

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OddWelcome2502 t1_j98krui wrote

Same! I love seeing the first buds on the trees and forsythia brings the biggest smile to my face. But it’s not supposed to happen barely halfway through February, it’s just not.

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ithinkimaybe t1_j98tmx5 wrote

Just imagine all the crops thinking “OKAY ITS TIME TO GO TO WORK” and then dying because of some random cold front freeze that they didn’t expect to happen cause they were catfished from this unusual warm weather in this winter.

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ViajeraFrustrada t1_j9ak54x wrote

The area where I walk my dog every day has two magnolias in full bloom already. I know they’re generally some of the first to bloom but damn, mid february?

Cherry trees also bring me so much happiness but I normally see them mid-march. There’s a bunch blooming already around short pump.

I already expect march through may to be miserable with frigid winds. It felt like that last year

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Anianna t1_j98oo2u wrote

The grass in my yard usually stops growing around October, goes full brown by December, and doesn't green up until March. The whole neighborhood was still mowing in November and some even into December this season. I still have green patches that never went brown. My son's tomato plant was still alive in December. We just didn't have a long enough cold snap to reset everything.

I wonder what the bug populations will be like this year.

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Minakovablue t1_j98tv9v wrote

Ugh, the mosquitoes will be hunting me.

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Imaginary_Sky_ t1_j9aqxj0 wrote

They wear coats in the winter when they hunt. They chew me up😩

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Cunbundle t1_j99qeyp wrote

Every mosquito egg that was laid last fall survived this winter.

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Anianna t1_j9c52a9 wrote

Thanks for the reminder to put fresh crumbles in my rain barrel.

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KingoftheJabari t1_j9aq1ok wrote

The spiders are going to be huge.

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Anianna t1_j9c6hot wrote

That's not necessarily a bad thing if their food sources are also huge.

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goodsam2 t1_j990y6u wrote

Yeah I thought about bringing my pepper plants in and babying them, only like 60 days and they could have had some time outside.

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NewLife_21 t1_j9ajjn3 wrote

I saw the first robin of the season this past Saturday. SWVA. Spring is here, even if the weather is all over the place.

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OopsImACrow t1_j9cd886 wrote

it’s been like this for about 10 years, though. I recall being 13/14 and having a fake spring just about every year like this. our cherry tree blooms, then they all die off prematurely because of a night where it drops to freezing temps.

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popsrcr t1_j98ktpl wrote

I’ve been telling people it’s gonna snow in March. Probably won’t have a real spring either.

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theblondepenguin t1_j9aw55p wrote

It always snows in march, and every year people seem to forget. Yea it’s 70 we will get snow on march and the a week later it will be 70. I have photos of my husband in march standing 6” of snow in a tshirt because it is 70

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richmondtrash t1_j98tj1i wrote

It usually snows late March/early April. Sometimes it’s close to a foot

Edit: y’all can downvote me all you want, Virginia literally always has a late snow. Come undo your downvotes when it happens

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MarlonBain t1_j996wqf wrote

It snowed 10 inches on April 3, 1915 and that is the only time I could find a single example of Richmond getting "close to a foot" of snow after mid-March.

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needsexyboots t1_j9aw17r wrote

To be fair, that does meet the criteria for “sometimes”

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richmondtrash t1_j9d4uqw wrote

March got 10 inches in 2014 if you gonna go hunting. Y’all gonna be mad when we get that late snow this year huh 🤷🏻‍♀️

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MarlonBain t1_j9fc531 wrote

No it didn't? Are you sure you are thinking of the Richmond in Virginia??

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Rodzilla_Blood t1_j9bworb wrote

The amount of downvotes this has is ridiculous... Smh what a community

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richmondtrash t1_j9d4ntl wrote

Lol I didn’t even notice I was getting downvoted… sorry I exaggerated, damn. I thought it snowed a bunch a couple years ago but turns out it was December. All these people will see when they complain about the foot of snow we’ll get at the end of march hahaha!!!

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MarlonBain t1_j9fccck wrote

I swear to god it is my luck that I will have had this argument with you and then we will absolutely get a foot on March 31 this year.

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zwgmu7321 t1_j98frmv wrote

80 degrees in February is crazy. I don't think I have ever seen that before.

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chasetwisters t1_j98kpto wrote

Theres 8 daily records highs for Richmond in February in the 80s, the most recent in 2018.

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shit-shit-shit-shit- t1_j98kvgj wrote

Record high for February is 82°, set on different dates in 1930, 1985, 1989, and 2017

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resident16 t1_j98jfkg wrote

VA is weird like that. Our wedding in mid-November was in the 30s…

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Ew_fine t1_j9a5r78 wrote

Didn’t this literally happen last year? I remember a 75-80° ish day in late February last year where people started doing their gardens, then the next week it plummeted back down to the 40s or 50s.

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BlueRibbon998 t1_j98o9s9 wrote

Don't worry. Mother Nature will troll us in April when it's 40° 5 times out of the week and snows the entire month

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MrPlowThatsTheName t1_j98ubkx wrote

Agreed. And we’re already stuck in a “70 during the week, 50 on the weekend” routine.

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Moxie_58 t1_j98hzo4 wrote

All I know is I'm laying out on Thursday! 😅

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Minakovablue t1_j98gfus wrote

This is just Richmond False Summer (part 1), with a soupçon of climate change. And…possible (but unlikely) snow two days later.

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nateshoe91 t1_j98pnjg wrote

Thank you, I just learned a new word. I love when that happens.

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TheKingofKintyre t1_j9acxoa wrote

My problem is that we just get exponentially more “Summer” than anything else. If Winter has basically been fall quickly transitioning to spring we’ve lost the benefits of a cold winter. And Spring will probably be done before May in terms of reasonable temperatures and Fall only gets below 75 consistently in December because I swear every Thanksgiving I’m torn on sweating in a sweater or wearing a polo and feeling like a jackass at the end of November.

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Ditovontease t1_j98mh7a wrote

Yeah winter has been touch and go for a couple of years now

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albertnormandy t1_j98o1ov wrote

No, last year it was very cold for all of January.

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Ditovontease t1_j9a73l8 wrote

And the year before that I didn’t break out my winter coat once.

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Bluejay929 t1_j9bkqzm wrote

That’s what breaks my heart. I got a super nice winter coat, and then the last few winters I haven’t needed it once!

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HowdyFrankenstein t1_j992qhp wrote

I can’t help but get a little sick at the fact that we’ve poisoned our planet to the point of no return.

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McFlare92 t1_j98lg74 wrote

Plants are coming up in my garden beds, currently

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theblondepenguin t1_j9awgqd wrote

Same hynciths are blooming but they just got out of the ground. They normally bloom around April

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redrednoise t1_j992p4k wrote

I thought maybe I had Covid again or some kind of cold because I’ve had shorter breaths the past few days, but yeah it makes sense that it might be allergies. Not being able to get a full breath in is not fun.

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sweetvabreese t1_j98v0lb wrote

Welcome to Virginia! If you don't like the weather, just wait five minutes!

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Brad5200b t1_j9afpyi wrote

But Punxsutawney Phil said six more weeks of winter…

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Rodzilla_Blood t1_j9bxwdg wrote

I said this in a comment last week that ol Punxy Phil pulled a fast one on us... He like look yall sort this out yaselves

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theblondepenguin t1_j9awwer wrote

Don’t worry this is winter it wouldn’t be winter without a random 80 degree day to screw with us occasionally

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ThatSadOptimist t1_j9cte32 wrote

Joke’s on me. I’m headed to Los Angeles this week.

40’s and rainy.

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this_isnt_jamie t1_j998q7x wrote

Way out there prediction, snow acclimating to 2-3 inches April 3-4.

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robsterva t1_j9b6v0g wrote

This feels like a year where the Flying Squirrels open with snow on the ground... on April 7.

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upearlyRVA t1_j99wlpm wrote

Love it! Spring can't get here soon enough!

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Totallamer t1_j9arcv4 wrote

No... because after Spring comes Summer and Summer is insufferable.

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upearlyRVA t1_j9aycaz wrote

Nah, summer is fine, at least for those of us that grew up in the general area.

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Totallamer t1_j9bc024 wrote

I grew up further south. It's still insufferable. You can always put on more clothes. You can't take more off after a point.

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upearlyRVA t1_j9bd4pw wrote

Me too, I guess I've just become used to the humidity. It's easily escapable if need be.

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fusion260 t1_j9agimb wrote

This post doesn't really have the traditional "shaking fist at sky" generally-yell-at-everyone vibe we normally look for when applying the same-named flair, but I felt this time it was appropriate to be inclusive.

Sky gods, make sense!

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achilidogmom t1_j9aml6t wrote

Daffodils are about to bloom. And my neighbors are already blooming. Insane.

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Mother-Lie8474 t1_j9aorma wrote

I wouldn't be surprised at all of a blizzard then sun comes out at 95 degrees. Melting it before we can sled

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fiftytrim t1_j9fskmy wrote

Should I seed my yard or not? Ffs

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Valuable_Ad9615 t1_j9a16ab wrote

Yes 😳 my plants have lived so many lives and just babies 😆

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Ekgladiator t1_j9ad53c wrote

Welcome to global warming, where the summers become insufferable and the winters become unpredictable.

I've always joked that Virginia is bipolar but holy hell is the weather nuts!

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fusion260 t1_j9ag35g wrote

Don't forget these gems:

  • the mosquitos come out for brief spurts mid-winter and earlier in the spring and stay out later in the early fall
  • the trees and plants start blooming mid-winter just before a freeze and stunt their growth
  • the grass starts to wake up before having to go dormant again
  • spring pollen season starts early, then stops, then starts again, then stops, then it's really pollen season.

Oh, and invasive fire ants continue their march north from Florida and Georgia and South Carolina and North Carolina.

Aaaaaaahh, transitionary climates are so chaotic!

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needsexyboots t1_j9awi69 wrote

One of my favorite things about not living in Houston anymore is no fire ants. I’m gonna have to move further north again pretty soon

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fusion260 t1_j9b68r9 wrote

They were terrible growing up in south Florida. Didn’t miss them at all and I’m dreading the fact that they’re moving into VA 😑

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wagonboss t1_j9akym8 wrote

Most sites are showing 48-52 for the day the Apple forecast is showing snow. So it’s a stretch, but fun to look at

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maddmoxxiie t1_j9b2awk wrote

My gladiolus decided it’s time to sprout for the spring. I’m a little concerned for what this means for summer blooms if we get another hard frost.

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Skatejay t1_j9b6jzf wrote

47 to 80 Issa mood

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Moondinos t1_j9ba0gr wrote

No wonder why my allergies have been crazy already. This week is about to be rough.

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DeannaZone t1_j9bs7zn wrote

I knew it ... I knew the snow was coming.

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Rodzilla_Blood t1_j9bxkvo wrote

Man I remember in 2014 I think 🤔 or 13' Christmas that year was 75° We for sure get wild weather for those hoping for snow if it does it'll be dust

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multikore t1_j99bqym wrote

Pls translate to rest of world

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big65 t1_j98p7lw wrote

Trumps fault, happens everytime he talks....or farts.

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WontArnett t1_j98f27j wrote

Wtf even is this comment? 😂

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picklingspice t1_j98ge0g wrote

Ikr they really said "it's normal on Saturn don't worry about it" like what?

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Inglonias t1_j98qt2e wrote

That... That's not even remotely how physics works.

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