In less than 10 minutes, winter will officially pack its bags and leave!
Spring kicks off today at 10:01:30 AM (CET) in the Northern Hemisphere.
This is the vernal equinox, the magical moment when day and night sign a temporary peace treaty and share the sky equally.
So, say your goodbyes to freezing mornings.
Spring is rolling in: flowers, bugs, and all!
Let the warmth begin! (Hopefully… because we all know spring sometimes forgets to show up on time.
what a bummer
winter is the best 9 months of the year in switzerland.
keep dreaming.
Everybody knows no changing tires before middle of April as the snow will keep droppping by.
Actually, is there an ‘official’ time/date for the changes of the seasons?
No, I don’t think there is.
After all, you don’t have to - by law - change your tires at all. It only starts counting when you’re in an accident.
Astronomers keep track of that.
The vernal equinox signals the astronomical start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, with the sun crossing above Earth’s equator, moving from south to north, at 5:01 a.m. EST (0901 GMT) on March 20. This means that after months of being pointed away from the sun during the winter, the Northern Hemisphere will now begin pointing toward the sun,
will I notice that tonight and tomorrow morning re daylight?
Only if you look closely. The meteosuisse app tells me that, at the moment, we are gaining about 3 minutes of daylight a day. Sun rose at 0638 and will set at 1847 today. This will continue until the 1st day of summer when it will start counting down again.
What? It’s not flat. Fox News is going to get cancelled!
Shorts and T shirt weather here…again.
Well, apart from Sunday week of course…
Today it’s also Navroz, the first day of the year for the Parsis, Kurds, Turks and Azerbaijanis. So I guess Linina if I remember correctly who is Irani Norwegian also celebrate it therefore she knows the exact time.
Well, happy New Year to all of them then.
My bees were so excited that I got the spring welcome full blast. 3 stings , the first of the year, to welcome spring. And yes, they do know and work around solsticios and equinox better than us.
That would have meant 9 emergency tablets for me or at that amount more likely some heave shot at a hospital.
5.43h this morning, pitch-dark outside, a lonely bird chirped loudly and I wondered what that was about. 5.49h I was able to make out the neighbours house.
For me, the blackbird’s song is the end of winter. They started singing on the 15th this year, and with only a week’s practice, our resident Amsel is a virtuoso!
if you ever want to pay a visit we are fully equiped, including the shot 
25 Degrees today in Malta
Gorgeous again here today.