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We had 57° a couple days ago and it felt like spring.

About 7 or 8 years ago, we had a strange warm spell at the end of February and beginning of March. The temperature was in the 80s for about a week and went down gradually to 70s, 50s, and then 30s with snow. Trees and flowers were budding. They died when it turned cold again. Young saplings died completely, but older trees survived.

One reason why I stay in the North, despite snowy, cold winters is that I can't take the heat and humidity of summers in warmer climates. I spent a summer once in SC and a week in FL in June and felt tired and "limp" the whole time.

I visited relatives in AZ near Phoenix in August one year and found the dry heat at 100° more tolerable than 85° in the South. But the AZ scenery felt so foreign - cactus, sand, and rocks. Everything was in shades of brown. I missed grass and flowers.

So I stay where I am and bundle up in winter. .