February 90th

This past spring was a cold one, wasn’t it? Some have taken to calling it February 90th. This is part of a complete episode.

Transcript of “February 90th”

We had a lot of late cold weather this year, which spawned a term that I’d never seen before.

People were talking about it being February 90th.

Because it’s like a February lasted for two more months.

Right, right. I like that.

February 90th. That’s a very cold spring.

Yeah, you can extend that in the summer, right?

July 90th.

July 90th.

Global Warmth.

Global Warmth.

Nice.

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