Is February your least favorite month?

[NATEizKING]

No....it is easily November

Days getting shorter, generally overcast gloomy weather. Ughh.

On the other side May is easily the best.

Only month with regular season of both ISU fb and mbb.

By average temp it is better than Dec, Jan, and Feb. Tied with Mar.
Less snow than Dec-Mar.
4th least precipitation of any behind Dec-Feb, but these 3 months have 3x the snow.

Also gives you 2 days off work for a great holiday, which is more days than any month but Dec.

 

[MushroomPinball]

April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.

 

[isuno1fan]

It's such a tease though as it's still muddy/icy/overcast.

WAYYYY more overcast in November. 30s in February with sunshine, melting, starting to hear the occasional bird chirping. That gets my juices flowing for Spring. Nothing wrong with February.

 

[JP4CY]

Jan is worse because there's more days and its just as cold.

 

[isuno1fan]

Only month with regular season of both ISU fb and mbb.

By average temp it is better than Dec, Jan, and Feb. Tied with Mar.
Less snow than Dec-Mar.
4th least precipitation of any behind Dec-Feb, but these 3 months have 3x the snow.

Also gives you 2 days off work for a great holiday, which is more days than any month but Dec.

Don't care about temp and snow...I care about sunshine and days getting longer....that makes my mood a good one.

 

[awd4cy]

Honestly, December is easily my least favorite. Enjoy Christmas Day, but the rest of the month really sucks.

April and May are probably my 2 favorite months.

 

[ketchupnmustard]

Smarch is the worst month with its lousy Smarch weather.

 

[bluestarcyclone]

I'd say january is the worst. Its cold, dark, and depressing. When it snows its likely to stick around and turn into that dirty, gray mess. You end up with those weeks where the snow doesnt even get fully plowed off because its too cold for the ice melt to work.

At least in february things start to warm up a bit, the days are longer, and if it snows its usually not sticking around as long.

December is probably my next in terms of ****** months, for a lot of the same reasons as January. Short days suck.

 

[KnappShack]

Winters here suck the goddam soul out of me. Impossible to enjoy anything outside and mostly everything available inside is mother ******* dull.

February is awful.
But March is the cruelest month.... because there's hope of a Spring and the beginning of mosquito season.

We live in the Midwest just to prove it can be done.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Nope. January. Coldest month, spring seems too far away. February has the benefit of March being right around the corner, with March Madness and spring soon to arrive.

 

[cytor]

I like March.... definite shift in temps, March Madness, Tournament in KC, St Patty's day.... by month end most snow is gone.

 

[NATEizKING]

Don't care about temp and snow...I care about sunshine and days getting longer....that makes my mood a good one.

By those metrics Dec. and Jan. are worse, as Jan. is closer to the solstice than Nov, making it have shorter days on average than Nov.

 

[awd4cy]

By those metrics Dec. and Jan. are worse, as Jan. is closer to the solstice than Nov, making it have shorter days on average than Nov.

He is right though, November is on average the month with the most overcast days. Also, sunset is about 25 minutes later on Jan 31st than it is the day after daylight savings time in the beginning of November.

 

[JM4CY]

I used to make fun of old snow birds. Sissies.

As a middle aged man now, I can confidently admit that could not have been more wrong.

 

[NATEizKING]

He is right though, November is on average the month with the most overcast days. Also, sunset is about 25 minutes later on Jan 31st than it is the day after daylight savings time in the beginning of November.

Daylight Savings isn't when November as a month starts, and Nov. 7th is still a 6 min longer "day" than Jan. 31st.

Jan. 31: 7:25AM to 5:25PM
Total Sun: 10h

Nov. 1: 7:45AM-6:05PM
Total Sun: 10h20m

Nov. 7: 6:52AM-4:58PM
Total Sun: 10h6m

But either way, it's Dec. by a mile.

 

[TitanClone]

November is, but I did just get stuck out of my townhome complex because of the snow here in KC last week. Made it 2/3rds of the way up the hill 4 times and slid right on back. Had to crash at a buddies until they came and plowed the next morning.

 

[isuno1fan]

By those metrics Dec. and Jan. are worse, as Jan. is closer to the solstice than Nov, making it have shorter days on average than Nov.

Days start getting longer at end of Dec. I celebrate that as a holiday. November is when you really feel it changing for the worse. Thus it sux donkey poo.

1st of the year feels like over the peak of the hill and starting the downhill slide to Spring.

 

[isuno1fan]

Daylight Savings isn't when November as a month starts, and Nov. 7th is still a 6 min longer "day" than Jan. 31st.

Jan. 31: 7:25AM to 5:25PM
Total Sun: 10h

Nov. 1: 7:45AM-6:05PM
Total Sun: 10h20m

Nov. 7: 6:52AM-4:58PM
Total Sun: 10h6m

But either way, it's Dec. by a mile.

Yes...but I know the days are getting longer each day in Jan. That is a mental win. November just the opposite and you really feel those gloomy, cloudy days. Really sux.

 

[madguy30]

WAYYYY more overcast in November. 30s in February with sunshine, melting, starting to hear the occasional bird chirping. That gets my juices flowing for Spring. Nothing wrong with February.

Agree with the birds chirping part. For whatever reason I've started noticing that more this year than I remember prior.

 

[awd4cy]

Daylight Savings isn't when November as a month starts, and Nov. 7th is still a 6 min longer "day" than Jan. 31st.

Jan. 31: 7:25AM to 5:25PM
Total Sun: 10h

Nov. 1: 7:45AM-6:05PM
Total Sun: 10h20m

Nov. 7: 6:52AM-4:58PM
Total Sun: 10h6m

But either way, it's Dec. by a mile.

Yea but most people don’t care when sunrise is. Sunset matters more to people getting off work and enjoying their evening.