# In the midwest, "Spring" is only a suggestion, not a rule. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 6, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-midwest-spring-is-only-a-suggestion-not-a-rule/492078 "2009-04-06T00:22:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-midwest-spring-is-only-a-suggestion-not-a-rule/492078/1 "2009-04-06T00:22:42Z")
Saturday was gorgeous. Bright, sunny, warm. I wore a short-sleeved shirt, drove around with my windows down, and treated my car to it’s first proper wash in months. Right now - just 24 hours later - it’s snowing. And sticking. Is that…legal? Can I demand a day off from work tomorrow? “Boss, it’s supposed to be spring but it’s snowing. You see why I simply can’t make it in today.” ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-midwest-spring-is-only-a-suggestion-not-a-rule/492078/2 "2009-04-06T00:29:55Z")
Not only is it legal, it’s mandatory. And you are supposed to call in Sprung when the sun is shining and it’s warm. Newbie. Sheesh! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-midwest-spring-is-only-a-suggestion-not-a-rule/492078/3 "2009-04-06T00:35:57Z")
Today we’ve had sunshine, rain, hail, sleet, thunder, and now snow. Pretty much par for the course here (Chicago). My scylla, croci, chinodoxa, daffodils and magnolia are all in bloom, although the magnolia looks none too happy. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-midwest-spring-is-only-a-suggestion-not-a-rule/492078/4 "2009-04-06T00:38:36Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Today we’ve had sunshine, rain, hail, sleet, thunder, and now snow. Pretty much par for the course here (Chicago). Heh, I’m out here in the northwest burbs. Fun times. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-midwest-spring-is-only-a-suggestion-not-a-rule/492078/5 "2009-04-06T02:11:33Z")
Far west 'burbs (hi **Rigs!!** ), and all of the above here too. The cornfield behind my house is snow white at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-midwest-spring-is-only-a-suggestion-not-a-rule/492078/6 "2009-04-06T02:17:12Z")
This afternoon: 73 degrees and sunny. Opening Day: 39 degrees and raining. Tomorrow night: 29 degrees and snowing. WTF? I just had my peacoat dry cleaned and bagged up until fall. This is bull. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-midwest-spring-is-only-a-suggestion-not-a-rule/492078/7 "2009-04-06T02:18:58Z")
We’re getting your snow tomorrow and Tuesday. ☹ It was so nice yesterday and today. Got lots done in the garden. Tomorrow: it’s back to one of the winter coats and possibly even boots. Yikes! ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-midwest-spring-is-only-a-suggestion-not-a-rule/492078/8 "2009-04-06T03:19:36Z")
Snow in the forecast tomorrow for Northeast Indiana. \ I’m sure the daffodils and hyacinths will be beautiful coated in a layer of white. And we wonder why we have sinus problems. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-midwest-spring-is-only-a-suggestion-not-a-rule/492078/9 "2009-04-06T05:43:14Z")
[Craig Ferguson] **I know!** [/Craig Ferguson] ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-midwest-spring-is-only-a-suggestion-not-a-rule/492078/10 "2009-04-06T20:12:26Z")
It’s how we cull the weak from the rest of the pack. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-midwest-spring-is-only-a-suggestion-not-a-rule/492078/11 "2009-04-06T20:16:58Z")
My magnolia regularly buds three times before it blooms. I can see it from here, its little pink test buds shriveling in the snow. Damn thing thinks it’s in South Carolina. Sucker. And we’ve tried to coddle it along for all these years because my mother planted it, but common sense says we should rip it out and put in a Norway Spruce. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-midwest-spring-is-only-a-suggestion-not-a-rule/492078/12 "2009-04-06T20:27:09Z")
Down here Spring sprang months ago. We’re way past the flowers and well into trees coming out full. Just yesterday I too washed the car and planted the second group of color throughout all the beds. Then, the wind started to blow. From the north. Tonite, they say it’ll be 36. W.T.muchcoolerthanH? ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-midwest-spring-is-only-a-suggestion-not-a-rule/492078/13 "2009-04-06T21:15:44Z")
Sun is out and all the snow is melting. Except for I still see flurries, despite the sunshine. The croci and daffs love this weather. The magnolias, not so much… ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-midwest-spring-is-only-a-suggestion-not-a-rule/492078/14 "2009-04-07T13:43:06Z")
In Chicago, spring comes through one morning, often not until June. If you sleep late, you miss it. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-midwest-spring-is-only-a-suggestion-not-a-rule/492078/15 "2009-04-07T14:11:20Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > In Chicago, spring comes through one morning, often not until June. If you sleep late, you miss it. Tell me about it. I was just whining to SpouseO how I was hoping that this year would be different, that maybe this year spring would last longer than a week. Probably not. We’ll do the usual - go from 50 to 80 in a day or so. ---
**Author:** ![SomeUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@SomeUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeUserName)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-midwest-spring-is-only-a-suggestion-not-a-rule/492078/16 "2009-04-07T18:10:42Z")
It has been snowing all day here in Ohio. WTH? This shit sucks. It was so nice out Sunday.