MUNCIE, Ind. — Temperatures are rising all the way to the 50s this week which is leading many to refer to this sudden rise of temperatures as a “Fool’s Spring”.
Fool’s Spring is a colloquial term that finds its roots in gardening. The term is used to help gardeners to avoid falling for deceptively high temperatures not indicative of the rest of the winter season. Associate Professor of Geography and Meteorology, Nathan Hitchens, explained the term in further detail.
“The fool’s spring seems to be the idea of, you get a nice warm up but you shouldn’t necessarily switch into spring mode quite yet because you could very easily have another cool down,” Hitchens said.
Hitchens also explained the possible reason for abnormal changes in temperature, much like the ones that affected the Muncie area over the past several weeks.
“Things that occurred less frequently in the past may occur more frequently in the future based upon some of the effects of climate change”
Lauren Johnson, a tour guide at Ball State, described the conditions that her and many other tour guides went through during the sub-zero temperatures that affected Muncie last week
“The temperatures definitely brutal. The wind here is also brutal.”
Johnson said that she and her coworkers look forward to the rising temperatures, hoping it will lead to more prospective students to visit the Ball State campus. With Temperatures being predicted to return to normal in the coming weeks, make sure not to let this “Spring” to make a “Fool” of you
Contact Eli Grasham with comments at eli.grasham@bsu.edu.
