DC Cherry Blossoms Delayed: Here's The New Date

[elleng]

The National Park Service has updated their projected peak bloom due to the recent cold weather we have gotten.

'If you were looking forward to the first bloom of the cherry blossoms, we have some bad news for you: the National Park Service reportedly has pushed back its estimate to the week of April 8.

NPS tweeted Friday that because of colder than average temperatures -- with February actually being warmer than March -- the blossoms are going to be slow to bloom this year. As a result, they are now projecting peak bloom sometime between April 8-12.

That is a lot later than their original projection, which was March 17-20, or a week ago. The average peak bloom happens around March 31, so the NPS went from expecting the cherry blossoms to peak early to a later-than-average bloom.

Peak bloom is defined as when 70 percent of cherry blossoms on the Tidal Basin are blooming.'

https://patch.com/district-columbia/washingtondc/dc-cherry-blossoms-delayed-heres-new-date

[spooky3]

1. Thanks!

[BigmanPigman]

2. The DC celebrations were scheduled for the 24th(yesterday)

but they postponed it until today I heard, so the marchers could have the space. I guess the exact date is not written in stone anymore due to climate change.

[elleng]

3. The date of the celebration changes every year, and it lasts for almost a month.

They hope blossoms will be around sometime during the festivities. https://www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/

Nature, of course, has it's own 'schedule!'