Still Waiting

Wow! It's really slow going in the growing department in Grand Forks. If it feels to you like it does to me that Spring is taking it's own sweet time getting going, the facts back up our instincts.

Climatology reports on the National Weather Service website show that our daily average temperature this month is more than 7.5 degrees below normal. If you look at the chart, you'll notice that we've had some decent daytime temperatures, but the overnight lows have been brutal. Our lowest low came on the night of May 5th when it got down to 20 degrees! The next day we had our highest high of 69. Those cold overnights (and Saturday's snow!?!?!) are really slowing down the growth of my lawn. WDAZ Storm Tracker Meteorologist John Wheeler is promising some warmer weather for the rest of this week. So hopefully, we can start doing more with our yards soon.

On this week's TV Turf Tips, I'll be looking at what needs to be done to fix a bare spot in my backyard. So look for that Thursday on WDAZ News at 5. I'll also update this website before then. So keep checking back.

P.S. Check out the wind speeds so far this month. No wonder those sixty degree days didn't feel all that warm. The peak wind gust was above 25 miles an hour all but two days so far in May. Like I said, WOW!