KamuSnow Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I can't remember the snow's of April 1983......not sure if we got any or not. In 1986 that was the wettest snow I've ever seen that stuck, and down at 300' in Red Hill PA they barely had a coating, so anywhere south/lower then there probably didn't get anything. (at my old home at 800' we had about 6~7" of snow so wet, when you stepped in it, it all stuck to your shoe. Perfect footprints!) My memory kicks in right around 1984~85 as far as being more sharp in weather details. Before that I only remember the obvious things. (like Feb 11, 1983 lol......can't remember anything else about that winter other then that big storm and that it didn't last that long) Off topic for this thread (what do you expect from snow lovers), but one thing I recall about that storm (Feb. 1983) was that most of the snow fell with the barometer above 30.00". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Sad to say that on the bad news side as a result of the cold last night, the flowers on the (2) magnolia trees here have "bitten the dust". Anyone with knowledge about such things know if this will impact the ability to leaf out or have any other long term ramifications? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Sad to say that on the bad news side as a result of the cold last night, the flowers on the (2) magnolia trees here have "bitten the dust". Anyone with knowledge about such things know if this will impact the ability to leaf out or have any other long term ramifications? I've seen it happen enough times to know it won't impact the rest of the tree at all. It'll just be ugly for a little while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Hope the blueberry buds didn't get damaged, the three day heat wave was coaxing them along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I've seen it happen enough times to know it won't impact the rest of the tree at all. It'll just be ugly for a little while. Thanks Ray, that's great to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Hope the blueberry buds didn't get damaged, the three day heat wave was coaxing them along Me too, but I have to say that this morning was refreshing, was it not? Closer to the middle of the extremes of 30 and 80 would be fine for a while though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthDoppler Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 On the ground. As with many spring storms, it probably depended on where the heavier bands set up to overcome the low level warmth. Thanks for the info. I don't think I was in a heavy band as then Red Hill just to my southeast and 600 feet lower would have had more then they did. (basically nothing) I did not travel (I was a kid) up to the Lehigh Valley that day, so I'm unsure if they got much on the ground either. If they did not, then I was definitely not in a heavy band, I just got the accumulation vs. surrounding areas due to being higher/colder. There was already 4 or so inches at 6am that morning. Then at school in Red Hill it just seemed to be snow showers, not steady. When I got home at 3:30ish there was about 7 inches on the grass only, and that was pretty much it. I wouldn't say any of the snow that I saw looked exceptionally heavy that day, if it was "heavy" it barely qualified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 grass is green but trees have a ways to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucksCO_PA Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Today was the first lawn cutting of the season, going back to 1989 I can only recall one year which had a latter start & that was 1994 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Could possibly cut the front lawn this weekend but going to be more like half a lawn cut there. Side lawns and back lawn still at least a weak away this is the latest ever for me. Not minding the fall like day now that we have received a decent number of outdoor days this month with little rain. Like the cutoff late next week as a means to delay heat, anything to shorten the number of hot days we get for the next five months. Haven't been buzzed by a mosquito yet, that i welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman56 Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 Slight greening of the trees in the woods, estimate we're 2-2.5 weeks behind 'normal'. April 24th and daffodils still in peak bloom is rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowwors2 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 grass is green but trees have a ways to goWow...send your greens-keeper my way...beautiful lawn!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChescoWx Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 I can honestly never remember a slower season to get the leaves to bloom on trees. I assume there are no records of such. In the handwritten obs for Coatesville here in Chesco I cannot find any mentions of late seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMolineuxLM1 Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 I can honestly never remember a slower season to get the leaves to bloom on trees. I assume there are no records of such. In the handwritten obs for Coatesville here in Chesco I cannot find any mentions of late seasons.A little thought though on this maybe all the salt used this winter could have caused a bit of damage maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 A little thought though on this maybe all the salt used this winter could have caused a bit of damage maybe? I think he's talking about woodlands. If a plant isn't very close to a treated roadway, effects should be negligible unless they are in a run-off path. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Up here some of the maples are just starting to bloom, but generally we still have a winter look to our forested areas. Even the forsythia hasn't fully bloomed yet. Like Paul said, I can't ever remember such a late start to the trees blooming and leafing out. Usually by May 1 we are about at 75% leaf out here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Up here some of the maples are just starting to bloom, but generally we still have a winter look to our forested areas. Even the forsythia hasn't fully bloomed yet. Like Paul said, I can't ever remember such a late start to the trees blooming and leafing out. Usually by May 1 we are about at 75% leaf out here. The best way is to check pictures from previous years. If you take any. Obviously you need to have dates on each of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SP Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Here is a sure sign of spring. Sinus infections are blooming among my friends and family who suffer with allergies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 The best way is to check pictures from previous years. If you take any. Obviously you need to have dates on each of them. Unfortunately, I didn't take photos every spring. Wish I had. I do know that by Easter, especially when it's later in April as this one was, we had a lot of green in the trees. I did take one this morning to show my mom how late the leaf out is this year, but I'll post it here as well. April 27th and (minus the snow) it looks more like February 27th... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcwx Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 I can honestly never remember a slower season to get the leaves to bloom on trees. I assume there are no records of such. In the handwritten obs for Coatesville here in Chesco I cannot find any mentions of late seasons. http://budburst.org I don't know if they have history. It seems like a project to track leafout, flowering, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisNJ Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 A sign if Spring, a nice rainbow I came across over Round Valley Reservoir yesterday. If you look closely it is actually a double rainbow. I love this area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 First partial lawn cut yesterday. Essentially cut about a third of the front lawn and the spiking onion grass on sides and back lawn. Amazing that it's almost May with such little growth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthDoppler Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 First partial lawn cut yesterday. Essentially cut about a third of the front lawn and the spiking onion grass on sides and back lawn. Amazing that it's almost May with such little growth I'm not cutting mine until May. I don't think I've ever had a first cut later then mid April before. Another sign of spring, my car ate a bird yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Gaines Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 A sign if Spring, a nice rainbow I came across over Round Valley Reservoir yesterday. If you look closely it is actually a double rainbow. I love this area. Great pics. Thanks for sharing, hope you don't mind that we have it as our cover feature on our office facebook page . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 2nd lawn cut today. need to avoid certain areas due to water sitting. lot of the wooded area saturated. incoming rain wont help. nice pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 2nd lawn cut today. need to avoid certain areas due to water sitting. lot of the wooded area saturated. incoming rain wont help. nice pics! You must live in a swamp or something, your place never dries out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 You must live in a swamp or something, your place never dries out topsoil on clay / rock. keeps the soil wet for grass and plants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman56 Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 topsoil on clay / rock. keeps the soil wet for grass and plants Sure not going to get any better this week - 3-5" of rain in my point & click. BTW - 35.6 in NW Chesco this morning with some frost on car tops and few spots in the yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisNJ Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Great pics. Thanks for sharing, hope you don't mind that we have it as our cover feature on our office facebook page . No problem. I shared it with the NWS page on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCT777 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 First partial lawn cut yesterday. Essentially cut about a third of the front lawn and the spiking onion grass on sides and back lawn. Amazing that it's almost May with such little growth Yesterday evening I did a partial cut of my lawn for the first time this season (roughly 50% of the lawn, since parts of it still weren't very long). I did wait to do a first cut until April 30 in 2003, so this is the 2nd latest into Spring that I've done the first lawn cutting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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