In mid-February there was some small hope that we’d break out of this coldish streak we’ve encountered in Seattle since early December. It turns out this was wishful thinking. There were maybe a week’s worth of slightly warmer-than-normal days to enjoy, but these were accompanied with some heavy rains as well. For a week now, we’ve flipped back to a cooler-than-normal situation. The long-term forecast is much of the same continuing through March. It’s not really that cold; it’s above freezing. But I think a lot of us are looking forward to some more springlike temperatures. I’m pretty sure the plants are.

As I mentioned, we had some heavy rains the first half of February. These nearly matched the heavy rains of last October, before we hit a relatively normal-to-dry period from November through January. For a brief period, it appeared we might catch up with last year’s very wet winter. But the rains seem to have taken a pause now that the cold weather has returned.

Onto March…