6 Signs It’s Fall in Michigan That Have Nothing to Do With a Calendar

As Michiganders, there's no way we rely on the calendar to tell us when fall is. Sure, the calendar might say fall starts on Monday, September 22 this year (at 2:19 EDT if you really want to be specific), but we know better.

Michiganders don’t need a calendar to tell us when fall starts—there are signs that give it away.

Real Signs Fall Has Arrived in Michigan

Whether it’s the weather, our clothes, or our food cravings, here's a look at some of the ways Michiganders know fall is here no matter what the calendar says.

There's frost on your windshield in the morning, but you're sweating by 2 p.m.

Will you grab the scraper? Absolutely not... you're cranking defrost.

Meijer has Tigers gear on sale and has a brand new batch of MSU and U of M gear to get ready for the start of football season.

Who are you choosing in this state divided?

You're sipping an iced coffee on the drive to work but need the heat on in the car.

You'll fight the urge to switch to hot coffee for as long as possible.

The whole state smells like wet leaves and bonfire smoke. 

There should be a candle labeled "The Mitten State" that smells like that.

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Halloween decorations are already on sale and you'll see them in the wild after Labor Day.

You've got to get the most use out of those 12-foot skeletons as possible.

You constantly have the weather app open because it's way more temperamental than usual and you need to know how to dress for the day.

The key is layering!

If you see at least two of these signs—or one of these signs and you also have a cider donut in your hand—it's officially fall in Michigan, no matter what that stupid calendar says.

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