Already seeing some maples here in Wilmington budding out. Weeds are coming out of dormancy but the grass is still brown. If we have a week of 60s, 70s and bright sun it's gonna pop down here. We were already seeing yellow pollen last week. I say bring it on this winter has been horrible, why prolong it
Well I say this every year because of the line of business I’m in….produce buyer for a major grocery chain. The agricultural damage that we could be setting up for with an early bloom is very concerning. Most of the last 8 years, the local strawberry season in the western and central Carolinas has been cut in half due to early blooms followed by hard freezes. Quite often the peach season is getting off to a slow start as well.
You can bet we will be majorily above average the first 15 days but the back half of March thru April we will be below average and maybe significantly below average. Winter now is March-May with significantly below average temps.
That’s certainly been the common theme for the last decade for whatever reason. We can expect our most negative temperature anamolies to occur in March and April.
Below average in April and May can be pretty comfortable. I’ll take highs in the 60s in April and 70s in May.
Problem here in the Carolinas we’ve too often been seeing hard freezes in April and miserable chilly rain wedges with temperatures in the 50s like we saw last year on Memorial Day weekend
Sounds like last spring
we whine but truth is just about all of the 85/95 corridor is in deep hurt for snow right now
I honestly thought if AK was warm, we win! In simplest of terms, is this not true?
Not always. Two years ago Alaska was cold in January and so were we.
Yeah but a broken clock is right twice a day because there is no alternative. Our alternative to snow is no snow and well...
