Just a few loose ends to tie up from the Easter weekend. First, though, if you are interesting in talking about Thursday night’s snow go to the blog below. In fact, there will probably be a new blog posted later today so stay tuned.
It ended up as the 7th coldest Easter on record here in Syracuse with a high of just 33 degrees this past Sunday. You might find it interesting that last Easter we were almost as cold at 35 degrees and there was even measurable snow and this when Easter fell on April 8th. Here are a couple other numbers to chew on: the warmest Easter occurred in March (87 on March 30th 1986) and the snowiest in April (3” on April 7th 1996). It’s a bit amazing that the warmest Easter is in March partly because Easter has occurred in March only 24 out of 106 years of record keeping in Syracuse. You would think the law of averages and the time of year would favor April.
If you thought that the weather here in Central New York was too chilly for you this Easter just be thankful you weren’t in Caribou, Maine. Last week they set their record for snowiest winter with over 184” for the season. As of Easter morning they had 3 feet of snow on the ground! They’ve got a ways to go before Spring truly arrives.
The cold weather also got us thinking in the weather office about some psychological barriers that may be contributing to why people are more anxious for spring to start. There are two events that we think highlight this thought. First, there was the early return of Daylight Saving Time. Those later sunsets put me in the mind frame that it should be warmer. Second there was the early Easter. March 23rd was the earliest Easter since 1913. I think in the back of most people’s mind Easter is associated with warmer early spring weather since it normally occurs in April. These two events, in my opinion, have made people a bit more edgy about the cool, winter like weather than normal.
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