In article m,
Lawrence Jenkins writes:
When will we actually experience a "suckers gap" haven't so far since the
term was coined here

In the south we had one for a few days in mid-December. IIRC we also had
one last winter, at the end of December and start of January.
--
John Hall
"I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly,
will hardly mind anything else."
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84)