Okay, European Citizens and Expats and Extended Tourists, and Tourists on the road .... is it starting to feel like Spring where you are?
66F here (Budapest) today (19C). After a winter of more snow and cold than any year in the last 10 if not 20 years. The 10 day forecast is 63F to 66F for the highs.
Your cities?
Just the opposite. Denver CO probably will hit the record books as the second, and maybe first, warmest winter ever. And almost no snow. Extremely dry at the moment.
I'm jealous Frank, snow is coming down sideways in Calgary right now and I can't see across the street. I'm not sure I want to follow this thread and be envious of anyone reporting in from their travels.
Balzac Billy- our local groundhog predicted this and now I hate him.
Yes, it was beautiful here in Paris today - and has been since about midweek last week. I don’t know how long it will stay this way !
If history repeats, we all get about a 5 day cold period, then nothing but warmth.
My Bluebonnets are blooming like it's mid-to-late April. The Texas Mountain Laurels basically skipped 2025, but they are coming back like the Longhorns against the lackluster Aggie defense.
Ewhhhh. But deserved
Mesquite always knows when winter is over, they say - and it’s leafing out. Redbuds blossoming and I’m looking forward to bluebonnets!
Bluebonnents, Mountain Laural, Mesquite, Long Horns, Aggies? What? Is the RS forum some sort of underground red neck Texas organization?
I love the scent of Texas Mountain Laurel blossoms!
A tale of two halves- here in North West England it has been the mildest and wettest winter I can remember- but we have just had a spring like week of sunshine, with lots of spring flowers blooming.
Meanwhile I've just looked at the forecast for the top of the I90 on Snoqualmie Pass, WA, and I'm rejoicing - 67 inches of snow forecast by Wednesday night (and the BBC says a lot more by Friday night). If that happens it'll be almost half as much as the whole winter so far (a measly 143 inches), in the 3rd pathetic winter on the row. That part of the state remains in drought AFAIK, the snow is desperately needed to release water for the summer. I had hoped to turn the clock back to an 800 inch winter this year to give the snowpack for the summer water, but it hasn't happened.
Balzac Billy- our local groundhog predicted this and now I hate him.
But, Allan, I always say that 6 more weeks of winter would be an early spring here in Calgary. ;)
Is the RS forum some sort of underground red neck Texas organization?
Perhaps.
I knew there was something here i liked.
Redneck University life in Texas.
Here in the Willamette Valley of Oregon we've had an unusually dry winter and very mild temperatures. In my yard the daffodils and daphne are bloomed and done which is very early. The local tulip fields are scheduled to open March 20 (about average, some years it's not until mid April). It is not the Netherlands but worth a visit if you find yourself in this area in springtime.
That part of the state remains in drought AFAIK, the snow is
desperately needed to release water for the summer. I had hoped to
turn the clock back to an 800 inch winter this year to give the
snowpack for the summer water, but it hasn't happened.
isn31c this is also true farther south in Oregon. Snowpack in the Cascades was at 23% of normal last week. Ski resorts had a terrible season and fire season (and mosquitos) could be very bad. Weirdly the coastal mountains have had more snow than usual but they are not the main water source for us.
Denver is in the same boat as CJ. We depend on the snowpack for our water and right now it is a third of what it is supposed to be. We could have early water rationing and it could be severe. We could catch up but forecasts are not good. March is our snowiest month followed by April that is our wettest month. ---- But ...... Lack of water will cause a serious economic impact. Not looking good. Fortunately I have no grass to water.
Boise Idaho is having it's mildest winter since 1934. Mountain towns have very little snow. My grass never turned brown this winter. I'm happy to have Spring but I know we needed snow in the mountains. Daughter lives in Steamboat Springs and without snow making equipment - resorts would not be open. But to ya'll in Texas - man I miss those bluebonnets! And the fields of them with Indian Paint flowers too! Happy Travels ya'll!
