Texas, our Texas... Change is thy name! ... when it comes to weather...

[nuranar]

estelyn_strider posted a few days ago about seasons, and it got me thinking.  What consitute seasons?  Is it just a big enough annual temperature swing?  Or is it having four mostly-distinct seasons?  Because my corner of Texas certainly qualifies as having seasons for the first, but not for the second.  Unless the accepted measure of "spring" and "fall" are

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[ramblin_rosie]

There was snow on the ground this morning, and I've had to wear half-fingered gloves at the computer most of the last couple of days (my heater is rather overzealous, but my windows are drafty, so it's hard to keep a balance). I'd say that qualifies as winter by Texas standards.
I hear from people who would know that a blue norther actually is blue (until it hits the Panhandle and turns brown from all the dust). I'm not daft enough to stand outside and watch. :P But it was interesting to watch the temperature reading on Desktop Weather drop from 66 to 36 in three hours....

[nuranar]

Unless what I'm thinking of isn't a blue norther, I've seen 'em - and they are indeed blue. They come in from a nor-nor-east direction, very heavy bank of dark blue clouds. And then the wind hits. It's rather like a severe thunderstorm, except not that gusty, the clouds more solidly uniform, and colder of course. This particular front didn't behave like one, though; the temperature fell steadily, but not as fast as I've seen it and the wind wasn't outstanding. It's been a couple years since I've been outside to see what I identified as a blue norther. And of course if they come through at night you can't tell the color.