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February 19th 17, 09:59 AM
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Trivia question - how do you define the first day of spring ?
On 19/02/2017 08:29, Norman Lynagh wrote:
Adam Lea wrote: On 18/02/2017 11:07, wrote: Yesterday got me thinking about this as I sat in the sun in our front garden in North London with temperatures nudging 13 deg in mid February. But on reflection I would describe yesterday as a mild late winter's day. Not quite warm enough and everything still too bare. I go by the meteorological definition, 1st March, but at the same time appreciate that the first half of March is really the tail end of winter in terms of weather, but with more daylight, and proper springlike conditions don't really take hold until late March/early April. The UK weather can be a tease to gardeners at this time of year. In the 8 years that we have been in Tideswell the two most severe blizzards occurred on 4th April 2012 and 22nd/23rd March 2013. The last day of winter is often much later than the first day of spring! There is a difference in climate between lowland Sussex and Surrey, and over 300m up in the Derbyshire hills. You live higher up than any land within at least 80 miles of me. I have lived in West Sussex since the end of 2002, and I have never seen a blizzard in April, March or otherwise. 2013 is the only year I have seen a true extent of winter well into Spring (1996 is another year but I was living in Salford back then). |
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