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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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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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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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Moxie_58 t1_j98hzo4 wrote

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

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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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McFlare92 t1_j98lg74 wrote

Plants are coming up in my garden beds, currently

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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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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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Anianna t1_j98oo2u wrote

Replying to ithinkimaybe (#1,877,814)

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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big65 t1_j98p7lw wrote

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

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richmondtrash t1_j98tj1i wrote

Replying to popsrcr (#1,878,159)

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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ithinkimaybe t1_j98tmx5 wrote

Replying to OddWelcome2502 (#1,878,152)

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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sweetvabreese t1_j98v0lb wrote

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

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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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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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this_isnt_jamie t1_j998q7x wrote

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

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multikore t1_j99bqym wrote

Pls translate to rest of world

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upearlyRVA t1_j99wlpm wrote

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

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Valuable_Ad9615 t1_j9a16ab wrote

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

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Ew_fine t1_j9a5r78 wrote

Replying to zwgmu7321 (#1,877,634)

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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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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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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Brad5200b t1_j9afpyi wrote

But Punxsutawney Phil said six more weeks of winter…

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fusion260 t1_j9ag35g wrote

Replying to Ekgladiator (#1,883,473)

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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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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ViajeraFrustrada t1_j9ak54x wrote

Replying to OddWelcome2502 (#1,878,152)

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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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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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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theblondepenguin t1_j9aw55p wrote

Replying to popsrcr (#1,878,159)

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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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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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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OopsImACrow t1_j9cd886 wrote

Replying to ithinkimaybe (#1,877,814)

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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ThatSadOptimist t1_j9cte32 wrote

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

40’s and rainy.

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richmondtrash t1_j9d4ntl wrote

Replying to Rodzilla_Blood (#1,889,167)

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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fiftytrim t1_j9fskmy wrote

Should I seed my yard or not? Ffs

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