Late spring in the north

[Kenelm Philip]

	Yesterday (5 May) I saw the first Mourning Cloaks of the spring
in Fairbanks. The temperature was around 50F. This is 10 days later than
the normal range of 5-25 April for the first sightings here. April was
one of the 5 coldest Aprils in recorded history here, and had the highest
precipitation (over 15" of snow plus rain) ever recorded in April since
record-keeping began in 1904. All this after a very warm and dry winter...

	Today, by the way, it's snowing. A rather short spring?

							Ken Philip




 
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