Frost at breakfast, sunshine by lunch, and a coat you carry all afternoon. Explore The Holler Herald’s satirical forecasts, questionable winter predictions and jokes about West Virginia’s many seasons.
Furnace now financially supporting two households and part of a gravel driveway.
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Three-week constitutional crisis briefly suspended for discussion of unusually warm weather.
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Man who refused to turn furnace on for three weeks now heating neighborhood in shorts.
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“It’s just burning the dust off,” says father with no apparent plans to investigate.
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Residents advised to wear a jacket in the morning and carry it around unnecessarily by lunchtime.
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From Earl’s weather archive: one uncertain forecast, an extremely certain grocery run.
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Woolly worms, aching knees and the sudden disappearance of bread remain more trusted than any computer model.
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Chief meteorologist warns residents to enjoy the sunshine before West Virginia remembers it is allowed to change the forecast.
Read full story →A written companion to the Herald’s tour of West Virginia’s highly unofficial seasons.
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Because spring, summer, fall and winter were never going to be enough for a state where you can scrape frost at breakfast and mow grass after lunch.
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An archived September 28, 2026 weather column about the annual dispute between the hoodie and the air conditioner.
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Earl started with a seed predicting mild weather and refused to accept it.
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You’ll probably need three of them before lunch.
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West Virginia has survived floods, mine wars and several heartbreaking football seasons. Whether it can survive the hot dog chili debate remains unclear.
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Earl explains the Herald’s forecasting method, which involves radar, a porch, and several conflicting opinions.
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