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Because it's got the least number of days, so adding one brings it closer the the average? But then I'm going to be curious as to why it only has 28/29 days. A

by jolmg 7y ago

Because it's got the least number of days, so adding one brings it closer the the average? But then I'm going to be curious as to why it only has 28/29 days. A month with 32 days would just be introducing a new anomaly instead of making an existing one less so.

headcanon 7y ago
Because February is the worst month, so we make it shorter :P
mcv 7y ago
Because Augustus Caesar wanted his month to have just as many days as his predecessor's month. After that, the regular alternating pattern continued, until the end of the year (February) came up a day short.