Some may know better when it comes to cold weather, but some may think the months before the winter season determine its weather.
“It is supposed to be getting colder, but one day it is really hot and the next it is chilly,” said junior Corey Evans. “So I think this winter will not be that cold.”
Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way.
Just because the months building up to the winter season aren’t constantly cold doesn’t mean Bowling Green won’t experience a cold winter. In fact, students and the surrounding community can expect just that.
“I don’t really believe in seasonal climate prediction,” said Arthur Samel, associate professor in the Geography Department. “This year’s winter season is predicted to be an average, normal winter. It won’t be extremely cold, but it certainly won’t be a warm one.”
Samel explained that the transition between seasons are completely separate when determining the weather for the next season.
Although this happens every year, Evans thought it was out of the ordinary.
“I thought October and November were always supposed to be cold,” he said. “Now I feel dumb for not realizing the weather [fluctuates] each year.”
However, senior Cody Johnson said he notices this weather pattern every year.
“It sucks because I usually get sick from the weather going back and forth, hot and cold,” he said. “I usually prepare myself for it though because I know it’s coming.”
Samel said even though this weather is completely normal year round, the reason students get sick the most during this time of the year isn’t necessarily because of the weather, but for another important reason.
“Students lack sleep, which is why I think they get sick,” he explained. “As a professor, I see students come into class looking like they just rolled out of bed.”
Samel said he isn’t sure if it has to with too much studying or too much partying.
“It could very well be a combo of the both, but no matter what, I do not think it has to do with the weather,” he said.
After students come back from Christmas break, everyone is well again, “but all of this is just my opinion,” Samel said.
Regardless of what people think determines the winter weather and their health, students can expect a normal winter with wind and snow.
“Be prepared for a cold winter,” Samel said.
