I said it before and will say it again.

[gavroche]

I wish journalists would stop saying we are having snow in early spring. We are still in WINTER until March 20th. So let be clear about it, we are in WINTER and snow is part of WINTER. BBC and ITV news broadcasters , please take note and stop misleading your viewers. ( except me of course).

 

[Scoosh]

Ah - No, I think you will find that they are correct.

The meteorological calendar is different from the astronomical calendar. Not too surprisingly, the journalists and broadcasters use the information given to them by the Met Office.

 

[gavroche]

Well, thanks for that, but there is only one calendar for me: the astrological calendar. The other one is an imposter and has only been invented for our convenience and does not reflect the true seasons.

 

[Accy cyclist]

March, April and May are our Spring. June July and August are our Summer, September,October and November are the Autumn and December,January and February are our Winter months. Snow in the Spring isn't unusual. Remember the March about 4 years ago when we had 12ft snow drifts and thousands of sheep perished.

 

[Stephenite]

Journalists? Pah! From now on i am just reading the local news.

 

[Tin Pot]

Either way I think we can all agree that hyperbole about the weather is extremely farking tiring.

Snow, chaos, worst since records began, etc.

Why don't they shut the fark up?

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I think the astronomical calendar makes more sense, having an equinox as the beginning of Spring/Autumn, because it's not until then that the temperatures really start to change, anyway. So what if the exact time of the equinox varies by a few days each year: it makes little difference overall.

As for the weather, I can agree it's totally screwed up: while you're getting snow, chaos, etc., the prediction for the next 6 days where I live is mid-30s: every single day. I wish (the astronomical) Autumn would get a bloody move on!

 

[Jimidh]

When did we start spelling winter in capital letters?

 

[screenman]

Either way I think we can all agree that hyperbole about the weather is extremely farking tiring.

Snow, chaos, worst since records began, etc.

Why don't they shut the fark up?

Maybe they have to try and justify their wages.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

It appears to be a big news story whenever it snows in England, whatever the time of year.

 

[Flying Dodo]

Every 6 weeks or so, the headlines have proclaimed that we're in for a month of freezing snow from Siberia. As I'm sure journalists remember what they've written previously, they hope we don't as they're just making things up to sell newspapers.

 

[summerdays]

When did we start spelling winter in capital letters?

I've noticed my iPad auto corrects some of the seasons....

 

[vernon]

I wish journalists would stop saying we are having snow in early spring. We are still in WINTER until March 20th. So let be clear about it, we are in WINTER and snow is part of WINTER. BBC and ITV news broadcasters , please take note and stop misleading your viewers. ( except me of course).

But you are in the autumn of your life....

 

[Deleted member 1258]

But you are in the autumn of your life....

Yes I'm in the autumn of my years, but so far I'm having a cracking autumn. And I'm old enough to have seen snow in June and July.

 

[wheresthetorch]

Well, thanks for that, but there is only one calendar for me: the astrological calendar. The other one is an imposter and has only been invented for our convenience and does not reflect the true seasons.

I think it's fair to say the astrological calendar is the imposter. Astronomical, on the other hand ...