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Very nice! Looks like Spring is fully happening there. Here not so much. The recent 3 days below avg string stopped everything in its tracks. Amazing how that happens.
Something else I've thought about. So your area is ahead of ours for sure, yet March here so far has been warmer. We have averaged 58.5/40F while Seattle has averaged 55.5/42.3F. Close but our mean for the month is warmer.
Over the course of the winter from Dec 1st to Feb 29th we have averaged 52% of winter days over 50F. Over those three months we have had 22 days over 60F and 4 of those days were over 70F. In March we have had 12 days over 60F including two days over 70F and two days over 80F. In total from Dec 1st to today we have had 34 days over 60F, way way ahead of the 9 days Seattle has had over 60F. Still Seattle area trees look way ahead in blooming and leafing out.
I wonder if it is the type of trees we have around here, or have trees evolved here to stay dormant longer due to the risk of severe cold still. Or does it come down to our trees going into deep dormancy due to the 8F and 12F we also got this winter. I'm always curious about this as I see far northern Europe ahead of us yet again even in a warm winter here.
It seems to take a lot of heat and sun to get the vegetation around here to wake up. When winter is over you just want things to turn green already.
It is so weird to see the sun as high in the sky as September, but all the trees are leafless.
Up here there is definitely not anything going on. This time of the year we usually look at if the snow is gone and the sea ice retreating. This year we could say we're snowless on 15 March, almost 2 weeks ahead of schedule.
To ask for cherry blossoms is a more than a month premature, or waiting for spring flowers to pop up before 2-3 weeks. The vegetation is in full winter mode and will remain as so for the next couple of weeks. The grass getting green again is the only thing to follow right now.
Yes, I know that in Canada at my latitude they have 0F mean temps this time of the year, but the climatiological reality is of course different.
I saw tiny redish buds on trees today, but they stay at that pre-leaf stage for a few weeks depending on the weather. Grass is green but not growing much if at all. Bulb plants are growing but haven't reached to flowering stage yet except for crocuses; last week in New York City daffodils were starting to come up but not here. Weather forecast has highs in the 50s most days and no freezes so hardier plants should be coming along.
The recent 3 days below avg string stopped everything in its tracks. Amazing how that happens.
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Originally Posted by nei
I saw tiny redish buds on trees today, but they stay at that pre-leaf stage for a few weeks depending on the weather. Grass is green but not growing much if at all. Bulb plants are growing but haven't reached to flowering stage yet except for crocuses; last week in New York City daffodils were starting to come up but not here. Weather forecast has highs in the 50s most days and no freezes so hardier plants should be coming along.
Both describes this area and what happened perfectly. Little buds, Bulbs up without flowering, Grass Greener and a Definite hault as I suspected.
Now without Upper 60s and 70s it will just be a slow progress here, not a surge like 1-2 weeks ago. It's not the sun that helps with the progress, its the weather. (sunlight helps of course but you need weather to cooperate)
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Originally Posted by Cambium
We hit 26°F(-3C) here this morning, Snow tomorrow, 20s and 30s another couple days so the progress will be slowed down. Then next weekend we'll see the bursts of buds and blooms again.
This weekend we'll see another burst but then cold snap again next week.
This year seems like it will be a slow growth year as opposed to normally Bud to Leaf out pretty quick.
I bet budding weeks early in March has something to do with that. lol
I saw tiny redish buds on trees today, but they stay at that pre-leaf stage for a few weeks depending on the weather. Grass is green but not growing much if at all. Bulb plants are growing but haven't reached to flowering stage yet except for crocuses; last week in New York City daffodils were starting to come up but not here. Weather forecast has highs in the 50s most days and no freezes so hardier plants should be coming along.
We have had daffodils for two weeks now. Tulip mags are already past peak in flowering. But compared to Seattle photos we are behind. No rhodos or azaelas popping open here anytime soon.
Up here we are waiting for more spring warmth.
Today in Trondheim, near the fjord
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