Junuary

English Alternative forms en Juneuary Etymology en June January. Proper noun en British Columbia Northwestern US humorous A June with cool, rainy weather, typical of the Pacific Northwest climate. since 1902 en Current Topics w:The Hamilton Spectator LV 151 Hamilton, Ont. 30 June 1902 4 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1005612021/ 2 The Toronto Mail calls it “Juneuary” [so]uther. en 21 June 2000 Karen Stewart Weather you like it or not North Island Gazette Vancouver Island https://books.google.com/books?id=z00OAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA9&dq=%22juneuary%22&article_id=6108,4685403&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj5va_ooImHAxW2JzQIHQruB8gQ6AF6BAgIEAI#v=onepage&q=%22juneuary%22&f=false 9 While commiserating with a fellow North Islander the other day I heard a great word used to describe the wild and wooly weather we've been having: Juneuary. 2012, Clare Adams, "Summer means outdoors", The Now (Coquitlam, BC), 25 July 2012, page A12: A year ago we went straight from "Junuary" into a similarly drenched July, but this year we've already hit the spray parks, the outdoor pools and had picnics at the park. en en North America humorous An unseasonably warm and sunny January. since 1888 en Fair-Weather Waggery The Cambria Daily Leader: The Pioneer of the Welsh Daily Press 5,111 Swansea, West Glamorgan 19 January 1888 [4] https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/784845900/ 3 Said A., “Such weather, sir, as this / Proves that they’ve named the month amiss.” / “Just so,” said B.—the wretch, how dare he?— / “It should be known as June-uary!” en Our Picayunes The Daily Picayune LVIII 320 New Orleans, La. Nicholson & Co. 11 December 1894 4 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/28252107/ 1 A veteran gardener of this city, complaining of the warm weather, thinks next month will be called June-uary. en 28 August 2008 Getting a chill from the Almanac Sun Journal Lewiston, ME https://books.google.com/books?id=cfUpAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA5&dq=\%22juneuary\%22&article_id=2460,3747847&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj5va_ooImHAxW2JzQIHQruB8gQ6AF6BAgHEAI#v=onepage&q=%5C%22juneuary%5C%22&f=false A8 In 1995, the Almanac nailed a surprise January heat wave – christened "Juneuary" – in the Northeast. en en Months Weather