See where flowers and leaves are emerging early after record-warm March
Temperatures were a whopping 7F degrees above average across the country during March, and it was shockingly toasty in the West, where temperatures were summerlike.
This season, leaves have popped out earlier than normal across wide swaths of the country, including the West, Rockies, Plains and the Midwest — consistent with very unusual March heat.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/interactive/2026/spring-flowers-blooming-leaves-out-record-warmth/
https://archive.ph/Mmd65
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