Weather and climate are extremely variable here. We sometimes have early spring and sometimes late spring. In other words there are years that the snow disappears early in March and sometimes it's not until early April when snow disappears. Now complicating that is the snow storms we can get after the winter snow has melted. we usually get most of our snow in March. In the last two days we've had 10-12 cm (5 in )m of snow. Our winter snow has not started to melt. So I would predict a late spring this year.
We can get snow storms in May and even June. However in may and June our crops and plants are well established. We grow plants that are hardy and suited for this climate zone.
Now for statistics for this date:
Record low -27.5 C (-30 F) 2002
Record high 14 C (58 F) 1988
Ave. high 4 C (40 F)
Ave low -9 C 95F)
Record snow 25.7 cm (11 in.) 2006
sunrise 7:42 AM
Sunset 7:44 PM
So you see that with these conditions our spring can be quite variable.
My daughter on June 8 1986. She was 15 and this was her sense of humor. My apologies for the poor photo quality .
