Spring Thread 2017: Northern Hemisphere (september, Maine, cooling, snow)
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We will see how the next 11 to 15 days really pan out temperature wise, by the way, sorry for any offense to you......I was only upset with the model data used
What did I say about early blooming plants? It's an issue. I don't see why anyone cheers blooming plants in February.
Exactly. Such warm weather early in the season will often backfire.
After hitting being near 70 for a few days and having a strong thunderstorm last week...we had a dusting of snow today. Already down to 25 F/-4 C and dropping down to 13 F/-11 C tonight. Not expected to rise above freezing tomorrow and tomorrow night has a forecast low of 5 F/-15 C.
I just ran about 2 miles in shorts and a sweatshirt in 19 degree weather. Apparently the wind chill has 4, felt warmer but it was still cold. My ears were freezing! Not bad though but I much prefer daytime runs.
Well, a 31 F low shouldn't be an issue on March 3rd. Most years it's not because there's not many things blooming by this point.
Yea but this winter's been so warm that many trees started blooming early even in the Midwest. Nothing usually blooms this early but its been a weird winter season. But I agree a 31 F low shouldn't be so bad because usually it would only last an hour. A low in the 20s though can be pretty bad at this point with how much has started blooming.
Tomorrow night has the potential to be the coldest night of the year for me, forecast is 16°F, my lowest temp so far is the same. I hope the forecast busts warm. There's no snowcover around for hundreds of miles.
I'd be afraid of early warmth if I lived in the South. It isn't as big of an issue here since our averages are cooler, which translates to a later "spring", also our average last freeze occurs in late March, which is typical of the mid South. Basically, our window for freeze damage is quite a bit smaller than it is for most of the South.
I live all the way in Texas and our average last freeze is I believe March 20th. Its pretty interesting that the Mid-Atlantic region isn't that different.
If I closed my eyes and didnt know it was March I would think it was mid January. Nighttime NW winds are wicked and wood stove working overtime.
Hmmm...scrumptious weather.
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I love it. Can it be like this the entire month please?
I second this.
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I live all the way in Texas and our average last freeze is I believe March 20th. Its pretty interesting that the Mid-Atlantic region isn't that different.
Being used to more continental weather, it's often surprising to me just how hard it is for any appreciably cold air to penetrate into the Mid-Atlantic (and the immediate coast up to Boston or so). For instance, there are 25-year-olds in NYC who have only seen 0F a couple of times (1994 and (I think) 2016); 25-year-olds in the El Paso area (though not the airport itself) have done about as well, having seen 0F a couple times in 2011.
Granted, El Paso is at 3700 feet but it no doubt would blow some people's minds that parts of the Northeast don't see bitterly cold temperatures much more often than relatively-low-lying areas of the Mexican border do. Of course El Paso's winters average far warmer than NYC's (58/32 vs. 38/27 in January), so you'll have a much more wintry winter in NYC in any event. Also El Paso's stereotypically desert-like large daily range helps a lot, keeping its average January nights only 5F warmer than NYC's.
What this demonstrates of course is the power of geography; if you doubt it consult a hardiness zone map. Much of Texas isn't too different from the coastal Northeast between Washington and Boston in that respect; higher altitude and a more interior location determine that.
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It's an issue. I don't see why anyone cheers blooming plants in February.
