Spring Outlook

The Vernal Equinox is Saturday (see earlier Blog entry), and today the Climate Prediction Center released its Spring outlook for April, May, and June for the U.S.
Temperature Outlook:

Precipitation Outlook:

This is showing the Commonwealth having "Equal Chances" (EC) of an above or below average Spring season. So what's the Spring "norm" for Richmond? The average high temperature goes from the mid-60's in early April to the mid-80's in late June. Here's a graph for the averages and extremes in Richmond for an entire year:

And for precipitation, here are Richmond's averages (based on 1971-2000 records):
April: 3.18"
May: 3.95"
June: 3.54"
You can view the full climate averages and records for Richmond here.
In other climate news, El Nino, which began last April and has been going strong through the Winter months, is expected to continue through at least Spring, although there should be a gradual weakening back to near-neutral conditions by early Summer.