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Yes, homeowners associate Spring coming in 20 days.
Just Google how many days until Spring.
The lawn is getting ready for its pre-emergent for crabgrass just in about 3 weeks.
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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).
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.
Our coldest 3 months seem to go to about March 7th. Seems like the meteorological winter isn't colder than the astronomical one here (they're basically the same average temp). Warmest 3 months ends about Sept 14 (astronomical summer is warmer than meteorological).
Looks like we have stronger seasonal lag than most other places. It seems like the strongest seasonal lag is in cities in the east of the continent near large bodies of water (ex here) and the weakest seasonal lag is in inland cities in the west of the continent.
Our coldest 3 months seem to go to about March 7th. Seems like the meteorological winter isn't colder than the astronomical one here (they're basically the same average temp). Warmest 3 months ends about Sept 14 (astronomical summer is warmer than meteorological).
Looks like we have stronger seasonal lag than most other places. It seems like the strongest seasonal lag is in cities in the east of the continent near large bodies of water (ex here) and the weakest seasonal lag is in inland cities in the west of the continent.
You're right.
Seasonal lag east of the Rockies, with the Canadian Atlantic provinces having the strongest
seasonal lag...check out St. John's, Newfoundland, yikes! Locals joke they have two weeks
of summer in august, lol.
Interior BC it is exactly the opposite, Kamloops and Osoyoos, a month ahead of
Toronto in spring. Osoyoos average high jumps from 2c in january to 7c in february,
then 13C in march (higher than Toronto's average april high!), then 18c in april,
and a nice 23c in may....
For Toronto it is -1cjanuary, 0c february, 5c march, 12c april, 19c may
Here in Northern VA the last coldest period is typically timed right with Spring on the 3rd week of March.
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Originally Posted by memph
Our coldest 3 months seem to go to about March 7th. Seems like the meteorological winter isn't colder than the astronomical one here (they're basically the same average temp). Warmest 3 months ends about Sept 14 (astronomical summer is warmer than meteorological).
Looks like we have stronger seasonal lag than most other places. It seems like the strongest seasonal lag is in cities in the east of the continent near large bodies of water (ex here) and the weakest seasonal lag is in inland cities in the west of the continent.
I took pictures because I had some time and reason to drive today.
A very cloudy and gray day, low -1.3c, high 1.8c, overcast.
This winter was very snowy and it seems to me that the snow in this year is extremely persistent. This is a bit surprising, because the daily temperatures in February have been well above zero for almost the entire month.
The shady places and the northern slopes of the valley are completely snowy and there is even 52 cm of snow on the ground in the area of uplands in the south-easternmost corner of the country bordering Russia and Latvia. This is also quite significant for the uplands.
However, the tulip leaves next to the house in the flower bed are quite long.
I took pictures because I had some time and reason to drive today.
A very cloudy and gray day, low -1.3c, high 1.8c, overcast.
This winter was very snowy and it seems to me that the snow in this year is extremely persistent. This is a bit surprising, because the daily temperatures in February have been well above zero for almost the entire month.
The shady places and the northern slopes of the valley are completely snowy and there is even 52 cm of snow on the ground in the area of uplands in the south-easternmost corner of the country bordering Russia and Latvia. This is also quite significant for the uplands.
However, the tulip leaves next to the house in the flower bed are quite long.
The long main street of our small town.
Near the city is milder as usual.
Similar temperatures and snow cover to here, but I would not say that the tulip leaves are very long here yet. The ones along the house wall are sticking out maybe 3cm from the mulched ground. There some daffodil leaves that are longer though, maybe 6cm.
Good thing you still have some more time before Spring begins.
My grass is really taking off with no fertilizer since last fall.
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Similar temperatures and snow cover to here, but I would not say that the tulip leaves are very long here yet. The ones along the house wall are sticking out maybe 3cm from the mulched ground. There some daffodil leaves that are longer though, maybe 6cm.
Decent views of the Selkirk Mountains as we approached the continental divide.
The actual continental divide and icefields area was under cloud cover which persisted until we reached Edmonton. Landing in Edmonton it was definitely wintery.
There was a blanket of fresh snow over the city. I suspect snow depth was near maximum for the season. Temperature was about -10°C.
But the fresh snow and cold weather made everything rather picturesque.
Looks like a cooler snap here for a couple of days, but not for long with only 12 days til spring.
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Similar temperatures and snow cover to here, but I would not say that the tulip leaves are very long here yet. The ones along the house wall are sticking out maybe 3cm from the mulched ground. There some daffodil leaves that are longer though, maybe 6cm.
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