# Spring is here! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 2, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-is-here/573212 "2011-03-02T13:55:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-is-here/573212/21 "2011-03-02T19:23:57Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > I planted my vegetable garden over 3 weeks ago. I can’t remember the last time Atlanta had such an early spring. It came after an unusually cold December and January, too. I think the South will get one more snowfall in late March or early April. ---
**Author:** ![loshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce73a5/32.png) [@loshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loshan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-is-here/573212/22 "2011-03-02T19:27:11Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I was expecting ugly, but that’s really beautiful. 😉 I agree. It just isn’t very “springlike”. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-is-here/573212/23 "2011-03-02T19:38:04Z")
> [@Floater](#): > > If he does he is not altogether correct. (Starting when it’s winter) meteorologists consider it “spring” when the mean temperature measured over a period of 24 hours has stayed above 0 C (32 F) during 7 days in a row. “Summer” is when the mean temperature during 7 days has stayed above 10 C (50 F). “Autumn” is when it creeps down under 10 C (50 F) again and “winter”, at last, is when it goes down to below 0 C (32 F) (in both cases of course during 7 days in a row). What date it is doesn’t enter into it. Do you have a cite for that? By that definition, some places will never know winter (or summer). It doesn’t seem like a very useful definition as far as comparing seasonal variations goes. Robins are also a pretty crummy predictor of spring – I’ve seen large flocks of them (in New England) during December. They stick around, but tend to stay in the woods where you don’t notice them. However I did see some red wing blackbirds the other day, and the cardinals in my yard are chirping mating songs. But we still have a foot of old snow on the ground, even after a month of generally non-snowy weather and some significant rainfalls. So – precursors to spring, but it’s not here yet. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-is-here/573212/24 "2011-03-02T21:25:15Z")
I’ve seen forecasts for a 10-14" snowstorm next Monday, and there is still at least 3’ of snow on the ground. Looks like I can safely put of spring cleaning for a while yet. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-is-here/573212/25 "2011-03-02T21:48:17Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > - 4 C presently. > > Going down to -20 tonight. > > I think we still have a while to go. -4 _F_ here. Going down to -fuckthat’scold tonight. The good news is, it’s too cold for even the criminals to come out. “Spring is here!” my ass. (My initial response to the thread was going to be "Yay! Now we can [poison some pigeons in the park](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhuMLpdnOjY)!) ---
**Author:** ![loshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce73a5/32.png) [@loshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loshan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-is-here/573212/26 "2011-03-02T21:51:18Z")
Robins are also a lousy indicator here. However, when the violet green swallows show up, spring is here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-is-here/573212.md?page=1)