Sudden Spring: Generally Warm Outlook For Beginning Of May

Judging from this photo taken at 11 a.m. in  my St. Albans, Vermont
yard, I'm about to have daffodils any second now. 

Well, we finally made it to spring yesterday. Burlington's high temperature was 73 degrees, the first 70 degree reading of the year.

It was the warmest day in exactly six months, as October 24 was the last time it was warmer than yesterday.  

Burlington came close to 70  in February with a record-smashing 69 degrees, and other weather stations in Vermont did pass 70 degrees in February, but as we know all too well, that wasn't really spring.

This, right now,  is really spring. My lawn in two days went from brown to could use a mowing in spots. Trees are budding. My many daffodils, which spent the last month struggling against winter cold and snow, are finally growing like gangbusters and are just about to burst into brilliant yellows and other colors.

Finally!

The outlook for the next 10 days or more is generally very springlike, too!  Temperatures will be near normal today through Saturday -- highs in the 50s and low 60s which is warm enough to keep the plants growing and happy. We will be dodging occasional rain and showers through that period. That's OK. You know what they say about April showers. And for once these aren't snow showers

We get into a brief cool down later Saturday, through Sunday into Monday. Temperatures on Sunday will be especially chilly with highs in the 40s to around 50 with a brisk north wind. That's cool for this time of year, but nothing extreme.

It'll start to warm up on Monday, and at this point most of next week looks quite warm. Of course forecasts could change, but it looks like Vermont will be in the 70s most days next Tuesday through perhaps Friday. We could even see some summerlike 80 degree readings. Definitely not out of the question.

So if you think things are greening up now, just wait until the end of next week!

Inevitably,  there's always a complication. Around May 7 or 8 or so, it looks like at least a brief flip toward cold weather, though of course I don't trust forcasts that far into the future much at all.

I especially hope the American computer forecasting model is wrong - it usually is this far out. But for what it's worth, it forecasts a day or two of pretty much winter cold with maybe a bit of snow and temperatures far below freezing.

That would wreck our welcome emergence into spring by pretty much killing everything that will be growing out there. For now, I wouldn't worry too much about that as that cold prediction is almost surely overblown

For now, enjoy the way everything is greening up!