Earliest Spring on Record and The Plants are Evidence

We don’t need the experts to tell us that we are experiencing the earliest spring on record, as the evidence is all around us and right in front of our eyes: Plants sprouting and blooming everywhere.

While there is over a month of winter technically left, the temperatures in nature are acting as if it’s already March!

What early spring means

The early spring weather means that you’re going to have to get a jump right now on applying pre-emergent and weed treatments. Because plants are blooming early, weeds and crabgrass are already sprouting as well.

If you’re nervous about the Roundup Lawsuit there are plenty of other pre-emergent herbicides and weed control alternatives to choose from.

Brands such as Bayer, BASF, Preen, Bonide, Monterey, Safer, Surflan, Snapshot and more.

Scientists confirm early spring

And while we don’t necessarily need experts to tell us what’s happening in front of our eyes, they do confirm the facts that we can see.

In the southeast, winter has caused leaves to begin to pop out three weeks earlier than normal in the southeast, according to scientists who keep track of when leaves appear or when new plants pop out of the ground – the National Phenology Network.

Where above and below-average temperatures will occur

The climatologists over at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are predicting where around the US we will see higher than normal temperatures and where temperatures will actually be lower than normal.

Warmer temperatures for the South and East

According to the NOAA, there are better 55-60% chances for above-average temperatures between February 22-March 6 for most of the East Coast and the southern US extending from Louisiana to Florida, and northward to Ohio and the midsection of Pennsylvania.

Lower temperatures for the west and north

For another large portion of the US, the NOAA is predicting 55-60% chances for below-average temperatures between February 22-March 6 for the West extending from central California north into southern Canada, spanning East to western Kansas, north to Minnesota and East to Maine on a parallel above the northern Wisconsin, including the northern half of New York, and all of Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, and Maine.