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March Obs/Disco Thread


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Depends on what you're starting. I've got the hot weather stuff (tomatoes, peppers, etc) started in side in flats. Things than can handle the cool a bit better can be dumped outside already.

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Exactly. Things like cucumbers, squash, zucchini, etc. can just wait a few more weeks and should be planted directly in the ground. Ideally, things like tomatoes and peppers should have been started at least a month ago. It's not too late to start, of course. It's probably a little late to start cool weather crops like lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, etc.

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Big temp bust today. Does this hurt the chances for #1 March?

No, it's pretty much a done deal. Even if the high temperature today holds at 53, we would have to be about 13 degrees below the forecast tomorrow to miss the record at DCA.

Actually were we not on track to beat April as well as March? Maybe that chance has gone too?

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Actually were we not on track to beat April as well as March? Maybe that chance has gone too?

April averages 56.8. If we stick at 54 today and hit exactly the NWS forecast tomorrow (65/50), we'll be at 56.8. The NAM, GFS, and Euro all have 70+ tomorrow, but then falling below 50 by midnight. Still up in the air.

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Actually were we not on track to beat April as well as March? Maybe that chance has gone too?

We never had a realistic chance in March to beat the April record, as that record is 62.1 (in 1981) vs the March record of 56.2 (in 1945) and a current projection of 56.7 this March. However, the average April temperature during 1981-2010 at DCA is 56.9, so a tad below normal April this year would mean a warmer March than April for only the second time in DC history. I doubt if it will happen, but it could.

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