Junuary

English

Etymology

Blend of June +‎ January.

Proper noun

Junuary

1. (British Columbia, Northwestern US, humorous) The month of June as rainy and cool, typical of the Pacific Northwest climate.
   • 2011, "Summer Guide 2011", Willamette Week (Willamette, OR), 15 June 2011, page 18:

     Not exactly bathing-suit weather, but close enough for Oregon. Warm enough to melt a Popsicle, slowly. Not another Junuary, anyway.

   • 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.

   • 2022, Renée Alexander, "Guest Editor's Note", Source Weekly (Bend, OR), 23 June 2022, page 3:

     Despite the thermometer insisting it’s Junuary, this week’s issue is chock-full of fun options for welcoming the balmy weather that June typically brings… eventually.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Junuary.