I’d like to take weather notes throughout the season so I’ll make an entry every other say, say around the first and middle of each month. This entry will cover the winter and early spring.
Winter 2011-12
2011-12 was a winter unlike any I can recall. It was exceptionally warm throughout with very few cold snaps. While there was sufficient precipitation there was almost no snow. I don’t believe I shoveled once or that the schools had a single snow day. The ground did not freeze.NOAA lists the total snowfall for the season at Logan as 8.7 inches.
March 2012
The unusual weather has continued into March. Not much precipitation this month, usually the rainiest in Boston. The high temps have continued with ten days so far this month with highs above 60 with half of them getting into the 70s. The March wind has been mostly absent. The balance of March (today is the 24th) is forecast to be more in line with the average…a lot of partly cloudy days with highs in the upper 40s. There has only been an inch of rain so far this month, and that in the first three days.
Plant Notes
The forsythia reached full bloom March 23.
My Swiss chard from last season actually wintered over and stayed green throughout the cold months. My parsley made it through too (although I plan to put in new plants anyway).