Oh hai Spring

We've been seeing weather
like this in Worcester for
the past two weeks.

We're starting to see spring weather and it's such a nice feeling. Granted since our first snowstorm, it's been a really mild winter for the most part. Nonetheless, we've been enjoying some warm temperatures over the past few weeks.

Right now it's 44°F with a forecast of highs in the 60's all week. Aside from one day of rain, it looks like sunshine all week.

Clark has a tradition of getting serious snow just before spring break--the first week of March--only for the snow to melt by the time the students return. We got 4 or 5 inches of snow in the days leading up to spring break. Below you can see what campus looked like after some of the snow started to melt.

March 5th.

With some rain and warmer weather, the snow has since left campus.

March 7th. Within a day the rest of the snow had melted.

For the most part, Spring Semester at Clark can hardly compare to Fall Semester in terms of good weather. If we're lucky, Clark can usually have great weather from the start of the semester until mid October or later. In the Spring, we're lucky to have a good April.  This is one of the reasons why I decided to go abroad my junior spring rather than in the fall. By going to Australia, I traded a northern hemisphere winter for a southern hemisphere summer. Not a bad trade in my book.

I'm glad tradition has continued this year. While Worcester could certainly get another big snowstorm before the end of April, I really hope spring has decided to come and stay early. Unfortunately, we've had a pretty dry winter which means we will be in a drought once the trees try to break their winter fast. I guess this means if we have a rainy spring I can't complain, since we need the rain.