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English
Etymology
Blend of June + January.
Proper noun
Junuary
- (British Columbia, Northwestern US, humorous) A June with cool, rainy weather, typical of the Pacific Northwest climate.
1902 June 30, “Current Topics”, in The Hamilton Spectator, volume LV, number 151, Hamilton, Ont., page 4, column 2:The Toronto Mail calls it “Juneuary” [so]uther.
2000 June 21, Karen Stewart, “Weather you like it or not”, in North Island Gazette, Vancouver Island, page 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.
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- (Canada, US, humorous) An unseasonably warm and sunny January.
1888 January 19, “Fair-Weather Waggery”, in The Cambria Daily Leader: The Pioneer of the Welsh Daily Press, number 5,111, Swansea, West Glamorgan, page , column 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!”
1894 December 11, “Our Picayunes”, in The Daily Picayune, volume LVIII, number 320, New Orleans, La.: Nicholson & Co., page 4, column 1:A veteran gardener of this city, complaining of the warm weather, thinks next month will be called June-uary.
2008 August 28, “Getting a chill from the Almanac”, in Sun Journal, Lewiston, ME, page A8:In 1995, the Almanac nailed a surprise January heat wave – christened "Juneuary" – in the Northeast.
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