# Has it been a cool spring where you are? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 23, 2009, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-been-a-cool-spring-where-you-are/494083 "2009-04-23T11:36:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-been-a-cool-spring-where-you-are/494083/21 "2009-04-23T23:56:26Z")
Wacko and weird weather in central Arizona. A week ago, cold, rainy and windy. This week, temperatures in the 100s. Rain is quite rare in the middle of April. So are 100 degree temperatures. The first week of April was also well below normal and it also rained on April 4th. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-been-a-cool-spring-where-you-are/494083/22 "2009-04-24T00:01:37Z")
Southern Alberta had a winter storm last night–began by raining, then the cold set in and the rain turned to snow. We woke up to snow and icy roads. Forecast is for temps close to freezing for the next five days or so. What is this “spring” you speak of? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-been-a-cool-spring-where-you-are/494083/23 "2009-04-24T00:15:27Z")
Coldest spring ever. Just called up some Environment Canada charts for Edmonton. In February and March there were only 9 days where the daytime max was above normal. On some days, the daytime max did not get above the average overnight low. They only have data for completed months but I’m sure April is even worse. The odd thing is that most of January was freaky warm. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-been-a-cool-spring-where-you-are/494083/24 "2009-04-24T02:32:43Z")
It’s been pretty cool and crappy here as well. Good weather is a-comin’, however. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-been-a-cool-spring-where-you-are/494083/25 "2009-04-25T03:33:52Z")
Height of summer here. We have no spring. It is HOT. HOT, HOT, HOT. Mad dogs and Englishmen hot. Send ice. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-been-a-cool-spring-where-you-are/494083/26 "2009-04-25T05:33:29Z")
Bay Area here. Despite record setting temps for a few days earlier this week, it’s been cool, and the wind is downright cold. Feh. Still can’t put out the tomatoes. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-been-a-cool-spring-where-you-are/494083/27 "2009-04-25T06:11:00Z")
Central Alberta here - it was warm until this week. The last few days have had highs of 5c and lows of -4c. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-been-a-cool-spring-where-you-are/494083/28 "2009-04-25T07:10:52Z")
We’ve had a couple of three-day heat waves (_hamsins_, or hot desert air from Arabia), but by and large it’s been pretty temperate. Yesterday I even felt chilly in a T-shirt, and it’s almost May! ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-been-a-cool-spring-where-you-are/494083/29 "2009-04-27T09:00:08Z")
It has been fairly cool, enough so that I’ve been using my space heater, but then suddenly Saturday it shot up to 85 degrees! Seems like we skipped Spring and went straight to Summer… (Long Island NY) ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-been-a-cool-spring-where-you-are/494083/30 "2009-04-27T09:17:02Z")
Well, it was pleasant through most of March and April, but a couple of days ago it finally hit 100. It will get progressively hotter through August (when it will also get humid). Remind me again why I left Beirut? (Okay, they had bombs, but the weather was nice.) ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-been-a-cool-spring-where-you-are/494083/31 "2009-04-27T10:45:22Z")
Yeah, it was 90 here yesterday. And my #@%$#@ central air is not working! :mad: Weird spring: Snow two weeks ago and now 90! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-been-a-cool-spring-where-you-are/494083/32 "2009-04-27T10:57:34Z")
Last week, we had a few mornings in the upper 30s and I had to turn the furnace on. This past weekend, it climbed to the 90s and I had to turn on the air conditioning. Who stole my spring?? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-been-a-cool-spring-where-you-are/494083/33 "2009-04-27T13:44:38Z")
I’m almost next door to you, **Khadaji** (well, one county away, I think), so this won’t come as a surprise. This weekend was HOT. Nice during the day, but the nights were really warm, too, and we don’t want to put the air conditioners in yet because it’s sure to go right back down into the 50s before too long. So the last two night were spent in mild but annoying discomfort. Both my CPAP headgear and my pillows were soaked this morning…bleah. We actually left the dog out of the crate overnight for the first time since we brought her home in November, so she could sleep in front of the window with the fan all night. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-been-a-cool-spring-where-you-are/494083/34 "2009-04-27T15:01:48Z")
I’m also in PA, and I’m not enjoying this fake-summer shit. I’m moving to North Carolina in a few months, so I’m going to have to get used to 90-degree weather, but in April it’s just wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-been-a-cool-spring-where-you-are/494083/35 "2009-04-27T15:33:40Z")
I’m looking out on 4" of snow on April 27th. Still, a very warm spring here. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-been-a-cool-spring-where-you-are/494083/36 "2009-04-27T15:39:41Z")
The A/C guy just left. He says there is a pin-hole leak in my coil condenser. He will replace it later this week… But there seems to be some cool air blowing now, so I’m more content today than I was yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-been-a-cool-spring-where-you-are/494083/37 "2009-04-27T16:31:58Z")
Woke up to another winter storm this morning: winds, snow, freezing temps, and otherwise typical February weather. Unfortunately, it’s late April. We’re all getting a little tired of this. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-been-a-cool-spring-where-you-are/494083/38 "2009-04-27T22:50:54Z")
Yeah, it snowed again in Edmonton today. Coupled with the daily high of 3c since last Thursday, it’s even getting on my nerves. At least the snow has cleared off some of the leftover winter grit, but none of the trees are in any mood to bud no matter how much sunshine there is (and there ain’t much!) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-been-a-cool-spring-where-you-are/494083/39 "2009-04-28T14:41:39Z")
It’s been cooler than normal in Houston. Lots of late fronts that threatned many of our early emerging plants. Our biggest problem though has been the rain these fronts brought. We had a real soaker last week, then another a couple of days ago and now, just last night and this morning we’ve had over a [foot of rain](http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou090428_tnt_flooding-weather-tuesday.11b8b74d3.html) at our house. Today work is closed, schools are closed, I’ve not seen it like this since Tropical Storm Allison. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-been-a-cool-spring-where-you-are/494083.md?page=1)