# Winter is coming **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 10, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-coming/700968 "2014-10-10T14:55:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-coming/700968/1 "2014-10-10T14:55:02Z")
But according to [The Old Farmer’s Almanac](http://www.almanac.com/weather/longrange/region/us/15): > [@](#): > > Winter temperatures will be higher than normal, with below-normal snowfall. Precipitation will be below normal in Washington… ---
**Author:** ![orderfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orderfire/32/10908_2.png) [@orderfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orderfire)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-coming/700968/2 "2014-10-10T16:22:04Z")
You knoouw nothen, Farmer’s Almanac! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-coming/700968/3 "2014-10-10T16:25:21Z")
I’m in denial, and will continue to wear my shorts until my body temp drops to 12. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-coming/700968/4 "2014-10-10T16:28:08Z")
'Bout 1.5" of snow in the central rockies last night. At least way up at my house. Not unusual at all. About 8 years ago, we got 2 feet of snow on this date. I remember it because it’s one of two times I’ve stayed home from work because of snow. The other time was April 19th. I remember it well too. It was the day of the Oklahoma city bombing. Long winters up here… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-coming/700968/5 "2014-10-10T16:39:49Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I’m in denial, and will continue to wear my shorts… Well, if the OFA is right, you can wear shorts all through it! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wednesday\_Evening](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Wednesday\_Evening](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wednesday_Evening)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-coming/700968/6 "2014-10-10T16:44:33Z")
[According to the tarantulas](http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2014/09/13/3243782_move-over-punxsutawney-phil-how.html?rh=1), we here in San Luis Obispo county should see rain within six weeks. Yay!! The past two rainy seasons have been really weak. I saw my first wild tarantula this week after living here for 11 years so I can verify that they are on the move! We had temps in the high 90s last week, but we typically have at least one hot spell in October. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-coming/700968/7 "2014-10-10T16:47:54Z")
We’ll take all of your extra rain and snow here in California… ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-coming/700968/8 "2014-10-10T17:22:40Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > But according to [The Old Farmer’s Almanac](http://www.almanac.com/weather/longrange/region/us/15): Nice for you. We Region 1 sorts…not so much: > [@](#): > > Winter will be much colder than normal, with near-normal precipitation and below-normal snowfall. The coldest periods will be in mid- and late December, early and mid-January, and mid- to late February. The snowiest periods will be in mid- to late November, mid- and late December, and early to mid-March. So cold and not snowy. That’s just shitty. It’s depressing when it’s cold and things are just brown and dead. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-coming/700968/9 "2014-10-10T17:38:10Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Winter is coming Thank you Captain Obvious! ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-coming/700968/10 "2014-10-10T18:37:22Z")
> [@Wednesday\_Evening](#): > > I saw my first wild tarantula this week… I’m picturing a large, hairy arachnid sitting a the bar, wasted, daring any man, woman or child to mess with him 'cause he’s damn tough and would rather bite you than look at you. That’s pretty wild… ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-coming/700968/11 "2014-10-10T19:56:57Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > I’m picturing a large, hairy arachnid sitting a the bar, wasted, daring any man, woman or child to mess with him 'cause he’s damn tough and would rather bite you than look at you. > > That’s pretty wild… Hehe, my first thought was a magnificent,proud tarantula, its hair wafting in the breeze, on top of a hill overlooking a massive pen of placid, domesticated spiders. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-coming/700968/12 "2014-10-10T20:19:59Z")
> [@Wednesday\_Evening](#): > > [According to the tarantulas](http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2014/09/13/3243782_move-over-punxsutawney-phil-how.html?rh=1), we here in San Luis Obispo county. I will never again go to San Luis Obispo. [[[shudder]]] We desperately need rain in California. Folsom Lake looks like a mud puddle, all the rivers are down, terrible fires (man-made catastrophes, but rain would sure help). ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-coming/700968/13 "2014-10-10T20:23:18Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Hehe, my first thought was a magnificent,proud tarantula, its hair wafting in the breeze, on top of a hill overlooking a massive pen of placid, domesticated spiders. A spider _stallion!_ ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-coming/700968/14 "2014-10-10T20:32:40Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > I will never again go to San Luis Obispo. > > [[[shudder]]] > > We desperately need rain in California. Folsom Lake looks like a mud puddle, all the rivers are down, terrible fires (man-made catastrophes, but rain would sure help). You think tarantulas are bad, check out what preys on them ([tarantula hawk](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantula_hawk)). I agree we need the moisture bad here in CA. In the Central Valley there used to be this thick, tule fog, which is dependent on rainfall followed by cold temps. We have not had fog banks in several years around here. C’mon winter! ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-coming/700968/15 "2014-10-10T20:38:10Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > Thank you Captain Obvious! Brace yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-coming/700968/16 "2014-10-10T20:41:59Z")
> [@orderfire](#): > > You knoouw nothen, Farmer’s Almanac! BTW: I’m glad somebody GOT to post that. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-coming/700968/17 "2014-10-10T20:46:41Z")
Currently 85. Winter, shminter. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-coming/700968/18 "2014-10-10T21:10:41Z")
Shit. Again? I live in the region most hard-hit by last year’s snowmageddon and never-ending fucking ice storm. > [@](#): > > Winter will be colder than normal, with the coldest periods in late December, throughout January, and in early February. Precipitation will be below normal in the east and near normal in the west. Snowfall will be above normal in most of the region, with the snowiest periods in mid-December, early and mid-January, and early February. I am better prepared this year though. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-coming/700968/19 "2014-10-10T21:11:20Z")
Wi-nt-er? What’s that? Some kind of pie? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-coming/700968/20 "2014-10-10T21:22:19Z")
> [@Barking\_Dog](#): > > Wi-nt-er? What’s that? Some kind of pie? Cake. It has frosting. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-coming/700968.md?page=2)