Whyyyyy is it so cold in this heckin country, it's not even winter yet

@socks Sorry to break it to you, but this far north, November is winter.

@terrana Huh. I was taught that winter starts at a very specific date in Spain and everywhere else

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@socks @terrana The official start of Winter™ is on the winter solstice, which is usually between december 20th and 22nd, but that's an arbitrary definition
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@Felthry @socks There's a whole History behind that, but the short version is that we inherited the Official Season Boundaries from the Romans, and that they really don't make much sense here.

For practical purposes, at these latitudes, winter is approximately November to March, with February usually being the coldest, though it varies slightly year to year.

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