Junuary

Proper noun

Junuary

1. (British-Columbia, Northwestern, US, humorous) A June with cool, rainy weather, typical of the Pacific Northwest climate.
   • The Toronto Mail calls it “Juneuary” [so]uther.1902 June 30, “Current Topics”, in The Hamilton Spectator, volume LV, number 151, Hamilton, Ont., page 4, column 2
   • While commiserating with a fellow North Islander the other day I heard a great word used to describe the wild and wooly weather we've been having: Juneuary.2000 June 21, Karen Stewart, “Weather you like it or not”, in North Island Gazette, Vancouver Island, page 9
2. (Canada, US, humorous) An unseasonably warm and sunny January.
   • Said A., “Such weather, sir, as this / Proves that they’ve named the month amiss.” / “Just so,” said B.—the wretch, how dare he?— / “It should be known as June-uary!”1888 January 19, “Fair-Weather Waggery”, in The Cambria Daily Leader: The Pioneer of the Welsh Daily Press, number 5,111, Swansea, West Glamorgan, page [4], column 3
   • A veteran gardener of this city, complaining of the warm weather, thinks next month will be called June-uary.1894 December 11, “Our Picayunes”, in The Daily Picayune, volume LVIII, number 320, New Orleans, La.: Nicholson & Co., page 4, column 1