The 'Pick your least favorite month of the year' Thread

[Ltrain]

August

[StudentOfClimatology]

do you not remember July 2009? markedly nicer

I was in NH that summer, so I'll trust you on that one.

[ers-wxman1]

March. Reality of sun angle, moving away from winter yet large fluctuations in weather.

[PrinceFrederickWx]

The other good thing about February and March (if you're into astronomy)- the bright Winter Hexagon constellations are all clearly visible at a decent time of night. Can still see some in early April too. The summer night sky is boring and dim- that end of the galaxy is really lame lol

[RIC_WX]

April.  Achoo.  And the start of afternoon / evening delay season when traveling for the severe wx you covet so much.  Never fails when I am on a plane.

 

Honorable mention to July and August for HHH.

[Cfa]

January.

And February isn't too far behind.

[Bob Chill]

Not a single vote for Dec. Must be the holiday. A notsogreat snow month and shortest days of the year. I guess there are no sunlight weenies in the subforum. 

[StudentOfClimatology]

Since when does our severe "season" end in mid-July? Threats are usually popping up right though August. There were decent August events in 2010, 2012, and 2014, to name a few recent ones.

[Ian]

Since when does our severe "season" end in mid-July? Threats are usually popping up right though August. There were decent August events in 2010, 2012, and 2014, to name a few recent ones.

huh?

 

'past peak' is just that. peak is probably june generally.. july often more airmass storms. t-storms are on the decrease overall by aug.. sure we still have events, through like mid-sep often,. 

[87storms]

december.  i'd rather just skip it and move onto january when we have better snow chances.  holidays are fun, though. i'm basing this choice solely on the weather.

[87storms]

Not a single vote for Dec. Must be the holiday. A notsogreat snow month and shortest days of the year. I guess there are no sunlight weenies in the subforum. 

 

that was my vote just now.  i feel pretty comfortable with this choice.  just not much to like about it from a weather perspective.

[mattie g]

March 40's and rain. Do not love it.

December/January 40s and rain are worse. At least the sun makes an appearance in March.

Worst thing about March is the baseball-geek chatter about spring training. Ugh...

[SomeWeatherGeek]

Summer time is the worst here in nyc. Too hot and humid so I picked June but I would add July August. I just hate humidity!

I love fall winter and spring. Mostly winter due to extreme cold and snow. yes I am a snow weenie!

[Sparky]

Hard to understand not liking May or June for weather (why not just pick July/August instead).   June is probably the best month of the year for me.  More specifically 5/15 to 6/15 is the most spectacular for pleasant weather with thunderstorms intertwined.

[Fozz]

Early June is lovely, especially strawberry season. Probably my favorite time of the year for weather outside of winter.

 

Then later on we get to the dreaded HHH 

[mitchnick]

April sux because of taxes and it's the first month when there is no reasonable chance of snow and it's 7 months before the next month when there is a reasonable chance.

[MDstorm]

April sux because of taxes and it's the first month when there is no reasonable chance of snow and it's 7 months before the next month when there is a reasonable chance.

Agree with April. Not really warm enough most of the time. Certainly, no significant snow chances. Severe usually sucks for April. No tropical stuff. For a weather enthusiast, it's yawn city. Yup.... The taxes suck, too.

MDstorm

[AvantHiatus]

Cherry blossom tho

[hosj III]

November. Can get cold and because you are not used to it, 40's in November are worse than 20's in January. No real snow, storms, or hurricanes. If the winter ahead looks really juicy sometimes that can make up for it.

[EastCoast NPZ]

march is moving up the list this morning.

[hosj III]

I'm not sure why people consider July and August bad months storm wise. While discrete storms with hail or tornadoes peak in May/June, very few people will see anything of that sort in any given season whereas linear stuff later in the summer is much more likely to provide area-wide severe. There have been a ton of impressive storms in late July through mid September.

[hosj III]

Not a single vote for Dec. Must be the holiday. A notsogreat snow month and shortest days of the year. I guess there are no sunlight weenies in the subforum. 

A December that produces solidly is the best possible month.

[Sparky]

I'm not sure why people consider July and August bad months storm wise. While discrete storms with hail or tornadoes peak in May/June, very few people will see anything of that sort in any given season whereas linear stuff later in the summer is much more likely to provide area-wide severe. There have been a ton of impressive storms in late July through mid September.

agreed, some of the best lightining comes in those hot summer storms even if they are just the pulse type.

[EastCoast NPZ]

A December that produces solidly is the best possible month.

^^This^^

[Mrs.J]

August. Fall is my favorite time of year and August tends to drag out summer. 

[ohleary]

March.  Tired of cold (and hopefully snow) and it teases you with some warmth then gets raw again.  REALLY sucks in Iowa.  November is second least fav.  September has nicest wx around here, not most exciting but nicest.

 

Did someone say January because it doesn't snow?

[Random Chaos]

Hard choice. I picked September because of the end of warm weather. But December  is a close second because of lack of sunlight and lack of snow to make up for it, followed by January, again because of low sunlight (though the increase snow chance is a positive).

 

FYI, my microclimate makes September not very nice weather...gets very cold and very windy fast - I have huge NW exposure, so the moment predominate wind direction switches to fall mode of northerly winds, frigid air arrives with a nice windchill within an hour. If I was 5 miles west, I probably wouldn't pick September.

[EastCoast NPZ]

Hard choice. I picked September because of the end of warm weather. But December  is a close second because of lack of sunlight and lack of snow to make up for it, followed by January, again because of low sunlight (though the increase snow chance is a positive).

 

FYI, my microclimate makes September not very nice weather...gets very cold and very windy fast - I have huge NW exposure, so the moment predominate wind direction switches to fall mode of northerly winds, frigid air arrives with a nice windchill within an hour. If I was 5 miles west, I probably wouldn't pick September.

 

Cold in September?  In Annapolis?  I wasn't aware there were 10,000 ft mountain ranges in Annapolis.

[Fozz]

I hardly knew that 75 and sunny was frigid

[kdskidoo]

April. backdoor cold fronts, cutoff lows, plus 6-7 months before it snows again. August would be a close second. I'm not a fan of humidity and back to back 31 day summer months.