Soooo nice today. 70F It's going to be almost 80F tomorrow. But then Sunday and the rest of next week will be back to the typical 50F weather for this time of year. I'm ready to garden!

Yes, SA has Daylight Savings. Not sure about NT.

I'm so sick of these endless days and nights of humidity. I live in South Australia, we normally only get dry heat (and the very occasional humid day). Also, it's Autumn, not Summer! Get a clue, weather! I too hope for a real Autumn and Winter this year.

I think the southwest of Wa got the hint it is winter, it has been stormy the past two days.

Today's predicted high is 84F. In fact, we may set a new record cause it's so warm for this time of year. But starting tomorrow reality sets back in cause it's gonna get chilly and rainy for several more days. I've opened the windows and sliding back door in my house to get some fresh air in while I can.

Such language! I'm shocked.

Actually last year at this time we were also pushing 80F, but this year is much more typical...maybe 40F with over a foot of snow still gracing our yards.

This is the 5th-snowiest March on record here in southeast Minnesota, with about 25 inches so far. More is on the way, so it's likely to move up in the standings.

We've had rather nice weather today. It's been nice and cloudy and moist (my favourite. . . makes me think of the Pacific NW). We took advantage of this beautiful weather by having a dinner of fish and chips at a local pub, and then driving around a goose covered lake.

Pity that we cannot see the comet. . . We looked for it last night. Skies were crystal clear except for a cloud bank going up to about 20 degrees (of course. . . )

we hit over 80F/26.7C yesterday and will get over 85F/29.4C today.

Will start to cool off again by next Monday.

Glim, that's warm! Glad you'll enjoy some relief in a couple of days. As always, it is so odd to hear those high temperatures when we're sitting at below -10C/14F with the wind chill. And flurries.

I expect there are mountains between you and the coast?

No, not towards the east coast, anyway, but most certainly on the west (the amazing Canadian Rockies).

I'm ready to garden!

Why does that not surprise me?

Since at this stage I don't plant seeds indoors, I won't be puttering around in the earth for another couple of months. Seems so long, but it will come quickly enough, I suppose.

I've opened the windows and sliding back door in my house to get some fresh air in while I can.

Ahhh, how I love doing this when it's spring-fresh outside. Such a wonderful scent wafts in. I wonder when we will be able to follow suit (for a prolonged period of time) for the first time this spring ...

Actually last year at this time we were also pushing 80F, but this year is much more typical...maybe 40F with over a foot of snow still gracing our yards.

Yes, last March was far too warm for the northlands, anyway. This March is much more sensible and proper.

While we are losing much of our snow *weeps*, it has been cold with flurries again this morning. A storm system is moving our way for Tuesday, and it all depends which way the temperature shifts whether we will get rain or snow. *really hopes for the latter*

And spring arrives on Wednesday (Nellie of Narnia's birthday, btw ) at 7:02 a.m. EDT.

I looked at the Almanac for our area and it appears summer is going to be cooler and rainier than most. I am so not complaining! And it appears that in April we may be getting some snow flurries off and on. Cool! (Literally, lol.)

Sorry you haven't been able to see the comet because of the overcast skies, DiGs.

We took advantage of this beautiful weather by having a dinner of fish and chips at a local pub, and then driving around a goose covered lake.

Moot Manor Pond?

I tell you, Jo. . . geese are everywhere this time of year. They were all over the place at the zoo the other day, and every time I hear them, I think of the swarm that almost killed us all at the Hobbit Moot

And just so this post is on topic. . . voila a cloud picture.

I wonder if stupid cloud horses can die from hangnails

Well after our gorgeous couple of days last week, winter is returning here this week. Today and tomorrow will be pretty typical days for March, but we're expecting snow (!!!) later this week. It's extremely rare that we get snow after the first day of spring. In fact I remember that happening once, and it was on the first day of spring. Winter has arrived late for us this year. January was warmer than late February and March.

Great picture, Digs!

Spring snow is the best kind, fantasia! Snow here can fall until May 28, though May snow is pretty unusual (maybe every 4 years).

Our weather has followed that same pattern - cold and snowy March after dry months in January and February.

And what a difference a year makes: last year St Paddy's Day revelers in St Paul basked in record 81F/27C heat; today's high is 30F/-1C with light snow and winds exceeding 40mph/65km/hr (windchills well below 0F) and actual air temps might approach 0F/-17C tomorrow evening. Ahh, winter!

You are still getting snow? Wow! It seems that autumn - or what we have of it - has finally arrived. The mornings and evenings are crisply cool, as fresh as a glass of pure iced water on a hot day. And though the days are still quite warm (75F-80F), it isn't the horrible stale heat we have been having up until last weekend. We can even sleep properly for a change.

But we still haven't got much rain, despite Cyclone Sandra.

I tell you, Jo. . . geese are everywhere this time of year.

That would be nice to see. We get parakeets and parrots mainly, along with currawongs, crows and magpies, plus the ubiquitous pigeons, and those wretched Indian mynahs. There seems to be a lot of birds this summer, including even a couple of willy wag-tails, which I haven't seen for a while. A whole flock of suphur-crested cockatoos were having a party in a council tree on Sunday morning as I went past, and when 3 galahs (feathered kind) swooped low across the road I had to brake suddenly to avoid them. But I haven't heard any kookaburras for a while.

And yes, the horse cloud picture was lovely.

That would be nice to see. We get parakeets and parrots mainly, along with currawongs, crows and magpies, plus the ubiquitous pigeons, and those wretched Indian mynahs. There seems to be a lot of birds this summer, including even a couple of willy wag-tails, which I haven't seen for a while. A whole flock of suphur-crested cockatoos were having a party in a council tree on Sunday morning as I went past, and when 3 galahs (feathered kind) swooped low across the road I had to brake suddenly to avoid them. But I haven't heard any kookaburras for a while.

I can't stop gushing over this paragraph, Wagga. . . . I couldn't imagine what it would be like to wake up to a backyard filled with parrots. *sigh*

Wagga I totally forgot to thank you for posting that nice big write-up about your agriculture. I really appreciated it and it was very interesting to read, so thank you!
So yesterday and today were actually rather nice. Much cooler than last week, I think in the upper 50Fs, but bright and sunny and pleasant. Still curious about this winter weather that's going to show up here in a couple days.

Welcome to spring! The March equinox came at 1102 UTC today (6.02 am local daylight time), with the sun directly above the earth's equator on its apparent journey north. (Autumn begins in the Southern Hemisphere).

But what a beginning to spring! Today's forecast high is 19F/-7C, the coldest first day of spring locally since 1965. The wind chill is -6F/-21C and there's plenty of snow on the ground outside. Tonight's forecast low is -1F/-18C.

I'd better enjoy it. The heat, humidity and mosquitoes will be here soon enough!

I can't stop gushing over this paragraph, Wagga. . . . I couldn't imagine what it would be like to wake up to a backyard filled with parrots. *sigh*

You're welcome, DiGoRyKiRkE and Fantasia_Kitty!

Actually the sulphur-crested cockatoos don't go into backyards much. A good thing, too, since household pets can't be trained to read bird manuals on what is legitimate prey and what is a protected species. They much prefer the parks and reserves near here, unfenced front yards and the trees planted on the nature strips, either side of the footpaths along the road. They have been in my front yard but went before I could get my camera. We have also seen egrets wandering around here.

The pink and grey galahs seem to be quite cavalier with traffic, much like their human counterparts, who also like to goof around after a shower of rain. The best place to see birds is in one of our wildlife sanctuaries, or in picnic areas in the bush or at more isolated beaches where lorikeets, rosellas and even the Major Mitchell parrots like to hang around. Or else go for a drive in the Blue Mountains, up the Nepean Gorge or on the way to Kurrajong, where the calls of bellbirds would be "running and ringing" in the bushland.

It is the autumn equinox today but the weather is back to being quite warm again. It looks like we might get some rain at last by the weekend. I hope so. We don't get leaves changing colour here, unless they are European trees. Eucalypts shed their bark rather than their leaves.

Sounds like a lively flock of birds you have there wagga. While we have no parrots here there are enough of our year round sparrows to keep the feeders empty. The last two weeks or so I have been greeted in the morning to the call of a robin. Poor fellow is probably wondering if he took a wrong turn near Iowa.
Hoping the temps are a little warmer in Iowa. The offspring, and I are off to a Christian Sportsmen's retreat. It's supposed to be mid 30's here, so we might see 10, to 15 degrees warmer there.
I guess I should be glad not to have freezing rain.