Global Warming, Spring, and the cruelty of Mother Nature.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. We've had a very early spring here in Arkansas.

In February our actual low temps ran from 19F to 50F with high temps from 36F to 77F. Big fluctuations. Our averages for the same month are lows around 30-33 and highs in the upper 50's. Everything bloomed early from daffodils on February 1 to the forsythia bush which had already bloomed and dropped it's petals a week before it's average bloom time. I think I saw blackberry vines blooming yesterday! The fruit trees have been blooming for a few weeks now. From the forecasts I've been seeing, the fruit crop may be safe this year. People have been mowing their lawns for a couple of weeks now.

We don't normally have hard winters here, but this has been an unusually mild winter. After the horrible summer we had last year (35 days in a row of 100F+ with an all time record high of 115F), a lot of us are dreading what may be coming this year. I can't say for sure what the causes are, but I haven't heard much from the "where's your global warming now" crowd.