Worried About the End of the World on Dec. 21? Don’t Be. By Phil Plait.
Dec. 21st, 2012
The days will get longer!!
Dec. 21st, 2012 08:08 am
It's the first day of winter, but Bad Astronomer tells me he thinks it's "Mid-Winter," which I'll take.
... although, now that I think of it: it does not appear that Bad Astronomer lives in the Midwest. If he did he would know that, really, temps above 20F aren't coming until March (if the world is going the way it should). Still, I'll take what I can - if he's calling it Mid-Winter, that's good enough for me.