Status of Spring
Spring leaf out is spreading north through Southwest and Southeast states. Spring is 10 days early in Charlotte, NC and 15 days early in Nashville, TN.
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Did the groundhog get it right this year?
February 2, 2019
Punxsutawney Phil predicts an early spring this year. Our map of accumulated growing degree days shows he may be right, for parts of the country anyway. Heat is accumulating faster than normal across much of the West and Southeast this year. See what Nature's Notebook observers are already reporting on plants and animals across the country.
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