Lilacs say Northeast spring coming earlier
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As the first signs of winter push into the Northeast, researchers have some good news for fair weather fans â-pring is coming earlier than it used to.
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Spring in the Arctic is arriving "weeks earlier" than a decade ago, research shows.
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A La Nina weather pattern could be in  store for spring and summer, which could make it a dry growing  season for grains and soybeans in the US Midwest and Plains, a  private forecaster predicted Friday.
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A La Nina weather pattern could be in store for spring and summer, which could make it a dry growing season for grains and soybeans in the US Midwest and Plains, a private forecaster predicted Friday.
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A frontal system spanning the East Coast on Wednesday was expected to produce rain throughout the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic states and snow in the Appalachians, parts of the Northeast and New England.
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By Larry Porter, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Sep. 10--HARVARD, Neb. -- From snooping around the Rainwater Basin area beforehand, Jerry Pecha figured the opening day of Nebraska's early teal season would be a doozy.
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Cold weather was forecast Saturday for the Northeast. Temperatures in New England were to reach only into the 30s and 40s and lake effect snow was possible in western New England.
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Earlier blooms. Less snow to shovel. Unseasonable warm spells. Signs that winters in the Northeast are losing their bite have been abundant in recent years and now researchers have nailed down numbers to show just how big the changes have been.
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By Rory Sweeney, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Times Leader  Feb. 14--Between the weather forecasts, the order to come to work four hours early and the ominous snow flurries, Pittston Township resident Carmen Timonte knew Tuesday's shift at work was going to be a long one.
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It happens every March. The summer L.L. Bean catalog arrives, usually showing some guy with a golden retriever in a canoe. We get used to seeing the early spring catalog arrive around Christmas, the (real?) spring book in January, and so forth.
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As the first signs of winter push into the US Northeast, American researchers have some good news for fair weather fans - spring is coming earlier than it used to.
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The U.S. Northeast from upstate New  York to Maine will have equal chances of above- or below-normal  temperatures during February and in the 3-month February-April  period, the National Weather Service predicted on Thursday.
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A warm spring has brought about the early arrival of some UK wildlife, the first results of this year's Springwatch survey suggest.
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The look for spring will be the more,   the merrier.
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By John Jeansonne, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Feb. 18--Spring training really is a show about nothing much, its true baseball merit apparent only when one factors in the mid-February wind chill on fans in the North and Northeast.
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By By Jim Nesbitt, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  May 26--With the traditional Memorial Day kickoff of summer still two days away, the Triangle is already teetering on the edge of drought that is parching much of North Carolina, particularly in the western mountain counties.
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WEST NEWBURY - Fall foliage is at its peak in the Merrimack River Valley. The hills overlooking Route 113 are bursting with brilliant yellows, reds, and oranges. But those leaves didn't turn overnight. They've taken weeks to get where they are - much like the North Andover Scarlet Knights.