Apparently snow is not unheard of, but still pretty rare in May. We celebrated the arrival of May with some snow last night and this morning, not a lot, an inch or two. This makes seven consecutive months with measurable snowfall (Fargo has had eight months in a row since they received some snow in October that missed us) in Grand Forks.
How rare is snow in the month of May? The last time (according to the Grand Forks Herald) Grand Forks received snow in May was May 11, 1946, quite a while ago.
These poor tulips were just getting ready to open, you can see the flower buds just ready to pop. I'm sure they still will, they're pretty hardy flowers and acclimated to cold. Maybe the color will look even more striking with the snow underneath.
Along with snow there have been some impressive winds in the 25 to 35 mph range with gusts higher than that. The western and central parts of the state have been under blizzard warnings and Bismarck (the state capital - this could help you in a trivia contest someday) and Dickinson have recorded of gusts of 60 to 70mph. Crazy.
We're going to spend a cozy day inside. The yard work that was planned for today has been put on administrative hold pending nicer weather. Just in case you're wondering, the folks here at
Deaf Dogs and Benevolent Gnomes helped spread the word about this nasty winter. See the November post -
Pig Spleen and Weather Predictions. And maybe it's time for you doubters to recognize the power of the pig spleen.
2 comments:
I saw the snow pictures and hoped you were showing pictures of last winter...but then I see the date. Oh, drat! Enough already. I'm sure we're not done with snow yet, either. We didn't have any snow this past weekend, but lots of rain and the same wind you had. Spring has gone AWOL this year, maybe we're just going to go into summer and skip the preliminaries. I hope it's melted by now.
If I lived in a area with 7 months of snow I would be a living jello blob. I would den on the couch, play with my pc, eat cookies, bake brownies, eat brownies and then watch old movies.
Good thing we only get a few days of snow.
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