Cold weather, hot weather on the US East Coast in March and April
Thursday April 5 2007
12.10pm
Finger Lakes, New York State, USA
Cold weather, hot weather on the US East Coast in March and April
It's 27F (-3C) outside and there were actually snowflakes - little snowdots, really - blowing onto the porch from the lake. The wind is whistling through the trees and a few minutes outside feels very cold.
I was in Washington, DC last weekend and it was 75F (24C) and sunny. The cherry blossoms were out in the metro area in time for the Cherry Blossom Festival. Last week just before I left the ice had finally melted off the lake here. The previous weekend I was in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and the temperature reached almost 90F (32C). The previous week here the lake was frozen and eight inches of snow fell and the temperature was about 20F (-7C).
When it was snowing two weeks ago I checked and it was below freezing here and above freezing in Leh, Ladakh on the Tibetan plateau. Now I just checked and its 27F (-3C) and overcast with light snow here and 39F (4C) and clear and sunny in Leh.
It's really blowing out there and the water looks cold. It is cold - if I measured it it would be just above freezing.
Cold weather, hot weather on the US East Coast in March and April
