End of cold weather warms our hearts - Winnipeg Free Press
The normal high for this time of year is 0 C. On Sunday, Winnipeg reached 21 C, obliterating the record high for March 18 -- a measly 8.8 C set in 2000.
If you think that's warm, today's high is a July-like 25 C.
The good news doesn't end there. McIntyre says the long-term predictions for summer, June through August, are for above-average temperatures and below-average precipitation.
A Spring Sprung Too Soon Is Death Blow to Butterfly - NYTimes.com
The deadly power of an early snow melt has to do with the particulars of the for the butterfly’s life cycle.
Monarch Migration: How Cold Sensitive Butterflies Survive Winter
we do know why they migrate into Mexico: cold weather kills all life stages of the monarch and unfortunate stragglers freeze to death
The last big snowfall and cold wave, in February 1992, killed at least 70 percent of the butterflies wintering there, Aridjis said.
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