Trivia question - how do you define the first day of spring ?
 

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.

Trivia question - how do you define the first day of spring ?
 

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.


The first day you hear a lawn mower at 7:30 a.m. on a Sunday morning???? Or is
that the first day of summer?

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org
@TideswellWeathr

Trivia question - how do you define the first day of spring ?
 

On Saturday, February 18, 2017 at 11:07:43 AM UTC, 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.

Last Tuesday was certainly springlike here, with it being our warmest day (14.2C) of the year combined with almost calm conditions and sunshine. http://www.cornwallcam.co.uk/recently.htm .

I know what you mean about things being bare, but it's not so noticeable here as many places, with much of the vegetation being evergreen & the beach looking 'warm'.

Today it's bright with sunny intervals, little wind - very benign. But it's back to feeling like a mild winters day.

Graham
Penzance

Trivia question - how do you define the first day of spring ?
 

On Saturday, 18 February 2017 12:25:31 UTC, Graham Easterling wrote:
On Saturday, February 18, 2017 at 11:07:43 AM UTC, 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.

Last Tuesday was certainly springlike here, with it being our warmest day (14.2C) of the year combined with almost calm conditions and sunshine. http://www.cornwallcam.co.uk/recently.htm .

I know what you mean about things being bare, but it's not so noticeable here as many places, with much of the vegetation being evergreen & the beach looking 'warm'.

Today it's bright with sunny intervals, little wind - very benign. But it's back to feeling like a mild winters day.

Graham
Penzance
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Trivia question - how do you define the first day of spring ?
 

Perhaps when ITV begin advertising the documentaries and Drama series to be shown in the summer season.....then keep on showing ads for them ad infinitum ....until you are simply put off by the repetition of those "ear worm" jingles like for the Good Karma Hospital.

That is when you know the season is changing.

Trivia question - how do you define the first day of spring ?
 

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.

Trivia question - how do you define the first day of spring ?
 

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!

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org
@TideswellWeathr

Trivia question - how do you define the first day of spring ?
 

On 19 Feb 2017 08:29:53 GMT, "Norman Lynagh"
wrote:

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!

Taken on 12th March 2006:-

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...4/P3120173.JPG

The house is just visible in the centre.

--
Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
By Loch Long, twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather

Trivia question - how do you define the first day of spring ?
 

On Saturday, 18 February 2017 11:07:43 UTC, 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.

St. Val's day. It's no coincidence that it's around that date that even the dimmest realise that the Sun is higher in the sky, it's brighter, and there's a bit of warmth in it as well.

Trivia question - how do you define the first day of spring ?
 

In message , Adam Lea
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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.

Perhaps it's partly due to global warming, but here in Surrey in recent
years spring often seems to have begun around mid-February. This year is
looking like it could be another example. A couple of days ago, I was
surprised to see a primrose in full bloom in my garden, especially as we
have clay soil which one would expect to be slow to warm up. Though
December was mild, January was colder than average, which made it all
the more unexpected. There were also snowdrops in bloom, but it's
probably about the normal time for them.

Last winter, of course, was exceptional, with daffodils coming into
bloom in mid-January IRRC.
--
John Hall
"One can certainly imagine the myriad of uses
for a hand-held iguana maker"
Hobbes (the tiger, not the philosopher!)