The official definition of Spring in Sweden is when the average daily temperature exceeds 0°C for 7 days in a row. This was the picture on 14th March (blue indicating temperatures below zero, yellow for temperatures currently above zero and green for regions where spring had arrived with 7 consecutive days with average temperatures above zero). The headlines were celebrating the arrival of spring.
Arrival of Spring in Sweden 2011-03-14: map by SMHI
Yesterday it felt almost spring like with bright sunshine through the temperature was only 3 C°. The snow and ice from the winter were melting away and it was time to sweep away the gravel and sand laid down at various places through the very cold winter.
But the view from my window this morning has brought us crashing back to reality >>>>>>>
Finspång, 0800 18th March 2011: image k2p
Tags: Finspång, SMHI, spring, Spring snow, Sweden
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