In this weirdly warm winter all the snow melted a week ago, the daffodil leaves poked out further, and we didn’t have to wear jackets. At 61o on January 31 it was 26 degrees above normal!
Though yesterday’s temperature was exactly on target, today will be 8 degrees above average. That’s not a huge difference but enough to maintain our early mud season.
We already had mud in our neighborhood ballpark when rain on Wednesday morning enhanced the creamy mudscape.
Off the beaten path at Schenley Park it was muddy too, though navigable.
Are the plants in your area waking up early? Put on your mud boots and go out to see.
(photos by Kate St. John)