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In North America, the most significant purported singularities are January thaw (warmer weather around January 25) and Indian summer (warmer weather in mid-autumn). More fanciful ones include the British tradition that rain on St. Swithun's Day (15 July) will be followed by forty days and nights of rain, and similar folk beliefs around ...
A January thaw is approaching for many areas east of the Rockies. However, as temperatures trend upward, moisture and storms will lead to areas of snow, ice, heavy rain and fog -- all of which can ...
In January 2012, members of the Southern Ute Indian tribe met at Vail Village, in Vail, Colorado, with the hopes of bringing more snow to the nearby mountain. While the members of the tribe began their snow dance ritual, hundreds of people gathered to observe. It was reported that, as the ritual progressed, the snowfall increased.
The Ice Saints is the name given in German, Austrian, and Swiss folklore to a period noted to bring a brief spell of colder weather in the Northern Hemisphere under the Julian Calendar in May, because the Roman Catholic feast days of St. Mamertus, St. Pancras, and St. Servatus fall on the days of May 11, May 12, and May 13 respectively.
Hopes of a widespread, long-lasting January thaw are diminishing, as the Arctic express is likely to keep the foot on the throttle for most of the remainder of the month in the Midwest and ...
The winter forecast from the federal government – which covered December, January and February – predicted a warmer-than-average winter for the southern and eastern U.S.
January thaw is a term applied to a thaw or rise in temperature in mid-winter found in mid-latitude North America. Sinusoidal estimates of expected temperatures, for northern locales, usually place the lowest temperatures around January 23 and the highest around July 24, and provide fairly accurate estimates of temperature expectations.
A major warmup will lead to a January thaw over much of the Midwest and Northeast this week. However, as moisture surges into the regions, enough cold air will linger at the onset of the pattern ...