full detachment

A week ago our high was about 43°, and a few patches of snow still loitered on our driveway.
Today we hit 70°, and we never reached the dewpoint temperature. The east wind and its down-slope drying had something to do with that; in a few days showers will return, and our lines will overlap yet again.

Amazing turnaround in a single week though!

And the mosquitoes have arrived.
Drat.

moving day!

It seems like a week ago we were freezing every night - guess it was closer to ten days? In any case we're hitting 60 degrees now, shoots are shooting and spring has begun! Still chilly in the shade though.

The sun is now rising far enough north to influence the temperature sensor. Morning temps shoot up just after sunrise then level off or even drop a bit. It cannot be entirely fixed, but the summer location is in the shade for more of the day - so this morning I shifted the pole back to its summer spot. At least the high temperatures are well represented, even if the 7AM temps are a bit overstated!

Looks like I moved it around 10:30 AM.. note how the shadier spot makes a difference.

Marching on

Warmest and coldest
February days

February was not a warm month. Sure it sorta started that way - but the table shows just how long that lasted! About 16½ inches of snow fell here on the hill-top; curiously that's the lowest February total of the last three years. Amazing to me, as I've never thought of February as a snow month. Even Portland got its share, though not nearly as much  - but Eugene definitely had 16" or more, mostly on a single memorable day.

And so on to March. A few snow showers are loitering even now, but making it stick is hard. Our two-inch snowfall yesterday/7th nearly melted away before another half inch arrived this morning as reinforcement. It too has faded - and forecasts are improving. Other than a bit of rain/snow early next week we should be dry.

By next week we may even be done with freezing temperatures! Chilly fingers crossed..