Seasons
February 19, 2020 – Next Sixteen Weeks
As spring approaches, the days are getting longer, the weather is getting warmer. Winter is starting to wind down, slowly but surely. ⛄🌸🌹
| Week | Date | Dawn | Sun- rise |
Sun- set |
Dusk | Day | Avg High | Avg Low | Record Hi | Record Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Feb 19 | 6:17 am | 6:46 am | 5:31 pm | 6:00 pm | 10:44 | 36 | 18 | 66 (1981) | -7 (1878) |
| 1 | Feb 26 | 6:07 am | 6:35 am | 5:40 pm | 6:08 pm | 11:04 | 38 | 20 | 63 (1976) | -11 (1950) |
| 2 | Mar 4 | 5:56 am | 6:24 am | 5:48 pm | 6:17 pm | 11:24 | 40 | 22 | 59 (1919) | -20 (1950) |
| 3 | Mar 11 | 6:44 am | 7:12 am | 6:57 pm | 7:25 pm | 11:44 | 42 | 24 | 70 (1977) | -10 (1939) |
| 4 | Mar 18 | 6:32 am | 7:00 am | 7:05 pm | 7:33 pm | 12:05 | 45 | 26 | 69 (2012) | -8 (1900) |
| 5 | Mar 25 | 6:20 am | 6:48 am | 7:13 pm | 7:41 pm | 12:25 | 48 | 29 | 74 (1910) | 0 (1875) |
| 6 | Apr 1 | 6:07 am | 6:36 am | 7:21 pm | 7:50 pm | 12:45 | 52 | 32 | 77 (1986) | 9 (1923) |
| 7 | Apr 8 | 5:55 am | 6:24 am | 7:29 pm | 7:58 pm | 13:05 | 55 | 35 | 88 (1929) | 19 (2018) |
| 8 | Apr 15 | 5:43 am | 6:12 am | 7:37 pm | 8:06 pm | 13:25 | 58 | 37 | 86 (2003) | 21 (1940) |
| 9 | Apr 22 | 5:31 am | 6:01 am | 7:45 pm | 8:15 pm | 13:44 | 61 | 40 | 86 (1985) | 20 (1947) |
| 10 | Apr 29 | 5:20 am | 5:51 am | 7:53 pm | 8:24 pm | 14:02 | 64 | 42 | 88 (1888) | 27 (1947) |
| 11 | May 6 | 5:10 am | 5:42 am | 8:01 pm | 8:32 pm | 14:19 | 67 | 44 | 89 (1930) | 29 (1969) |
| 12 | May 13 | 5:02 am | 5:34 am | 8:08 pm | 8:41 pm | 14:34 | 69 | 46 | 86 (2004) | 30 (2005) |
| 13 | May 20 | 4:54 am | 5:27 am | 8:16 pm | 8:49 pm | 14:48 | 71 | 48 | 91 (1962) | 29 (2002) |
| 14 | May 27 | 4:48 am | 5:22 am | 8:22 pm | 8:56 pm | 15:00 | 73 | 51 | 94 (1914) | 30 (1969) |
| 15 | Jun 3 | 4:44 am | 5:18 am | 8:28 pm | 9:02 pm | 15:09 | 75 | 53 | 97 (1925) | 36 (1986) |
| 16 | Jun 10 | 4:42 am | 5:17 am | 8:32 pm | 9:07 pm | 15:15 | 77 | 55 | 96 (2008) | 36 (1975) |
The Massive Snowmaking Effort at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics | NCPR News
I bet in the future they will have build massive chiller plants and have to run hundreds of miles of chilled water lines to keep the ski resorts open a reasonable part of the winter. Maybe Bellayare will be one of the first.
When I went for my lunchtime walk, the sun was shinning and it was modestly warm
When I went for my lunchtime walk, the sun was shinning and it was modestly warm. 🌞 Gave me hope that spring might happen eventually … 🌷
I actually kind of like these gray winter days
I actually kind of like these gray winter days… ☁
The colors are soft earth tones. The land is real, it is exposed. Cold to a degree but it reminds us of our toughness. The air has a tinge of earth and manure on it, you can almost taste it in your tongue. Things are frozen, they are dorment for a few more months until the seasons change once again. There is a kind of stillness to the woods only occasionally broken.
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