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March 20, 2017 – Next Sixteen Weeks

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As our first day spring gets underway, we have been blessed by seasonable weather and sunny skies. Going forward it is only going to get nicer, especially as we head into the spring time. In two weeks, temperatures in the mid-fifties will be the normal, and low temperatures below freezing with occasional.  Sunsets around 7:30 in about 2 1/2 weeks. Not too bad.

Week Date Dawn Sun-
rise		 Sun-
set		 Dusk Day Avg High Avg Low Record Hi Record Low
0 March 20 6:28 am 6:56 am 7:08 pm 7:36 pm 12:12 46 27 78 (2012) 2 (1967)
1 March 27 6:15 am 6:43 am 7:16 pm 7:44 pm 12:32 49 30 78 (1998) 11 (1975)
2 April 3 6:03 am 6:31 am 7:24 pm 7:52 pm 12:52 53 33 79 (1981) 16 (1954)
3 April 10 5:50 am 6:19 am 7:32 pm 8:01 pm 13:12 56 35 86 (1922) 21 (1974)
4 April 17 5:38 am 6:08 am 7:40 pm 8:09 pm 13:31 59 38 91 (2002) 21 (1971)
5 April 24 5:27 am 5:57 am 7:48 pm 8:18 pm 13:50 62 40 81 (2001) 25 (1965)
6 May 1 5:17 am 5:47 am 7:56 pm 8:26 pm 14:08 65 43 86 (2001) 28 (2008)
7 May 8 5:07 am 5:39 am 8:03 pm 8:35 pm 14:24 67 45 91 (1936) 26 (1968)
8 May 15 4:59 am 5:31 am 8:11 pm 8:43 pm 14:39 69 47 93 (1900) 31 (1977)
9 May 22 4:52 am 5:25 am 8:18 pm 8:51 pm 14:53 71 49 97 (1911) 33 (2002)
10 May 29 4:46 am 5:20 am 8:24 pm 8:58 pm 15:03 73 51 93 (1931) 34 (1956)
11 June 5 4:43 am 5:17 am 8:29 pm 9:04 pm 15:12 75 53 97 (1925) 39 (1990)
12 June 12 4:41 am 5:16 am 8:33 pm 9:08 pm 15:17 77 56 94 (1949) 38 (1972)
13 June 19 4:42 am 5:16 am 8:36 pm 9:11 pm 15:19 79 58 94 (1995) 38 (1950)
14 June 26 4:44 am 5:19 am 8:37 pm 9:12 pm 15:18 81 59 99 (1952) 39 (1979)
15 July 3 4:48 am 5:22 am 8:36 pm 9:10 pm 15:13 82 61 102 (1911) 44 (1978)
16 July 10 4:53 am 5:27 am 8:33 pm 9:07 pm 15:06 82 61 100 (1936) 47 (1963)

Fairly Low Creek Levels

When Does Spring Begin?

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When Does Spring Begin?

"Most people consider the first day of spring to be the Spring Equinox, which will start this year at 6:29 a.m. EDT, March 20th. This is because, astronomically speaking, the sun is directly overhead of the Equator as the Earth`s tilt begins to point the northern hemisphere towards the sun.

As the earth rotates around the Sun, the Sun will be situated directly overhead at mid-day at different times of the year. The Vernal (Spring) Equinox is the day the Sun is again highest in the sky at noon over the equator as the apex progresses north. The day the Sun is straight up at noon over the Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn (23.5 degrees N and S latitude) are the summer and winter solstices, respectively.

Many refer to Astronomical Spring on March 20, as the first "official" day of spring. Most meteorologists, except for this year across the East and Midwest, will argue that spring begins a few weeks before, on March 1st.

That`s because meteorologists observe seasons over different time periods. Meteorological spring began March 1, summer begins June 1, fall begins on September 1 and winter begins on December 1."