In NJ, we don't do "Spring". This past Winter lasted forever, there were a few "Spring" days in the 50's and 60's but now near 90 F. midweek. Pollen is about to EXPLODE over the Northeast after an abnormally cold March and April (after a warm February!).

We've gone back and forth here, now in the 70's, but have already been in the high 80's. That seems to be the new (ab)normal, where in the past there was a steady, slow progression from lower to higher temperatures from winter to spring. Now it's a crap shoot, one week cool with higher humidity, and the next almost hot with 8-10% humidity. It must be very confusing for the roses.

Lucky you, although I did think it was the norm for you at this time of year in Greece..

Rain, rain and more... rain...

Our endless summer finally ended a week ago and we're actually having rain. Yippee!

It hit 91 F a few days ago here, Nik. Thankfully it has cooled down now but this is too early. We are also 5 inches down from the average rain for the rain year. I'm 30 miles above California.

I hate heat (though my creaking joints don't agree). Here we're hoping for rain and a return to normal spring temperatures after some weeks of unseasonally warm dry weather. Maybe Marlorena's weather is finally making its way over to us.

Today, High 87 and low is 66. Hot and last week , we had tons of rain. Just matter of time it will be hotter and more rain. Hurricane season is June to Nov. Which means humidity will be so, so high..Urg :(

Jin

Too hot too soon here too! 88 was the high today.

Lisa, I envy you :) I miss CA. Cool weather maybe a few heat waves in Fremont or San Jose but nights are mostly cooler. Best I love is SF weather. And every time, it gets hot ,humid and muggy brings my thoughts and memories of home :(

San Francisco, CA

Jin

We've already hit 80 F here, too. Argh!! I hate summer in spring. Actually, if there were no roses in the world, I'd hate summer PERIOD. I'm scared of the new normal, and I'm giving Canada an envious eye. I wonder if there are job openings for Americans wishing to move to Winnipeg or Halifax.... Carol

We are a full month late here this year. Normally the trees begin leafing out around the 1st of April. This year it has been the 1st of May. The 2nd of May it was in the 80s. Not much of a Spring. But I will say that it was the best year ever for daffodils and the Magnolia stellata. Every year is good for something - and not good for something else. A good reason for growing a variety of plants I guess.

Cath

Unstable weather here, Nik.

It's tornado season, so we'll have swings of 45°F to 80+°F and all kinds of crazy weather.

Heavy storms rolled through last night causing flooding, building damage, and power outages.

Yesterday was 86°F and humid. Rather miserable to do outdoor work in.

Today is humid, overcast with scattered showers and low 70's(F).

Steven

It's 60F/15.5C with light rain right now. We have rain 2-3 days in a week, so don't have to water the roses much. But I had snow last weekend, hopefully the warm weather stays.

Today it was 92 degrees and a friend who lives further inland said it was 97. I can't tolerate heat at all any more and fervently hope the temps go down again. This is crazy.

We have had a nice cool spring. I think we've about come to the end of it, though, with a day or two projected to hit 90 this week. Still, it seems we're a good 3 or 4 weeks behind our usual summer arrival. My sweet peas are still gorgeous. They've never lasted this long for me.