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March 20 is about 5F warmer than December 20 here, while March 1 is about 10F warmer than December 1. Based on average temperatures, winter would be something like Dec 8-Mar 8.
In some senses, December can feel less winter like, since there's less likely to be residual snow pack from previous months, and many plants still haven't been frost killed. On the other hand, you will have growth of spring plants in March here whereas December is mostly dormant (stuff like mustard, winter rye and garlic can grow a bit though).
What is this based on? March 1st is usually a decent bit colder than December 1st here.
Meteorological Spring in the Northern Hemisphere begins this Tuesday, March 1, 2022.
Astronomical Spring begins Sunday, March 20, at 11:33 a.m. EST.
Climatologists and meteorologists break down the four seasons into groups of three months based on the avg temperatures and which 3 months are the coldest/warmest, ect.
If you look at your averages your coldest 3 month avg doesnt pass March 5th most likely. So they use the 1st as start of Spring to make it easy.
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