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Have You Seen Any Signs of Spring in Bethlehem?

Let us know if you see signs of spring in Bethlehem as we welcome the season with some unseasonably cool weather.

 

Spring officially begins with the vernal equinox at 7:02 a.m. Wednesday, but it won't feel much like it since daytime highs will be stuck in the 40s all week. Last year, they were in the 70s! Daytime highs for our area average close to 50 in March.

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The Moravian College women's softball team had its home opening game snowed out for the second time in the past week on Tuesday. But as the sun came and warmed temperatures into the mid-40s, the Greyhounds came out for a late afternoon practice at Steel Field on Elizabeth Avenue.

Our current weather pattern will continue to "favor colder storms that bring snow, in part, from the Central states to the East into early April," according to Accuweather senior meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.

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"The pattern may translate to a longer heating season, higher heating bills and more time, money and effort into snow removal later into the season than usual in some communities," he writes.

The local weather could improve slighty by the end of the week with sunny skies Friday and Saturday and a projected Saturday high of 44, according to the National Weather Service.

The days are getting longer if not much warmer.

Sunset Wednesday will be at 7:14 p.m. with dark descending at 8:46 p.m., according to the Old Farmer's Almanac.


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