Overheated planet update: Washington's cherry blossom peak may come two weeks later than last year

Cherry blossom peak bloom is hard to predict - WTOP.com

"I wouldn't be surprised if the peak bloom comes sometime between April 1 and April 7," [Meteorologist Mike Stinneford] says.

The average peak bloom date is April 4. The last time peak bloom came later than April 1, was 2005, when peak bloom was April 9.

Last year's peak bloom was March 20.

[Front-page story, March 2012]:  Could cherry blossoms one day be blooming in winter? - The Washington Post

According to the more dire global warming scenario the scientists used — one with unchecked global population growth — the District’s cherry trees could be blooming 29 days earlier by 2080 and 13 days earlier by 2050.