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hlthe2b

(106,328 posts)
1. Yeah... wind blew in northern Colorado too with snow squalls--and with the humidity...
Wed Feb 28, 2024, 06:22 AM
Feb 2024

Chilly! I might not need to remind my gardening-obsessed neighbors that like every other year, 'best forget it until late May.

mucifer

(24,828 posts)
2. It's currently in 20s here in Chicago yesterday it was 70
Wed Feb 28, 2024, 06:34 AM
Feb 2024

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I’m freaked out by the weather.

Hope you can stay warm.

Siwsan

(27,282 posts)
3. It's 54 in Flint, MI right now but by 11am it will be in the 20's
Wed Feb 28, 2024, 06:45 AM
Feb 2024

By Friday it will be back in the 50's. Absolutely the craziest weather I've EVER experienced.

AllyCat

(17,097 posts)
4. 75 here yesterday. Today that wind is whipping
Wed Feb 28, 2024, 06:48 AM
Feb 2024

And weather app says 16 degrees! Yikes. Wisconsin weather.

sybylla

(8,655 posts)
7. I'm worried about plants and trees.
Wed Feb 28, 2024, 12:16 PM
Feb 2024

It's getting warm so early. If trees start budding out and we get more weather like this, the trees will have to start over.

I am trying to start an orchard plot. I have been worried every spring since 2022 that I will never have a crop of fruit. It's so frustrating.

Bees, too, wake up when temps are consistently warm. And there's nothing to eat when it gets this cold. Especially when flowering plants have to start over.

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