And no matter how many Springs you’ve lived through, you can still be fooled by many warm afternoons in a row
Where I live, the temperature fluctuates always, then meteorologists blame it on the jet stream, which is predominantly westerly air currents encircling the globe; In the Spring, the polar jet stream starts to journey north, following the sun. This allows the warmer air to move up into the northern regions of the country, but the jet stream is fickle. It can allow summer-like rapidly changing temperatures in January plus March, only to bring cold plus snow in March… What this means, of course, is that northerners are always changing their thermostats to accommodate the fluctuations… And beware heading out to work in the morning without checking the weather station first! The calendar may indicate that it should be warm outside, but the weather channel may predict snow. People are slowly updating their thermostats to electronic ones, which adjust the furnace settings automatically, depending on how they are programmed! Smart thermostats are even more advanced in customization of the homeowners’ preferences. But when the external temperature gets above sixty five degrees, one may be tricked into thinking that the warm weather is here to stay, sometimes turning the furnace off plus opening the windows. As the month of May approaches, people often switch their Heating as well as Air Conditioning system from the furnace to the a/c system. And no matter how many Springs you’ve lived through, you can still be fooled by many warm afternoons in a row. But then one afternoon, reality hits (again) plus the jet stream moves south, delivering cold weather. The foolhardy make the adjustment to the thermostat again, closing the windows plus putting winter season clothes back on. There’s no use complaining about it – that’s just the way it is.