Welcome to Spring Meteorological spring arrives Saturday, March the first. The months of March, April and May comprise meteorological spring. As we all know all too well March can contain almost every season. Winter and spring battle which often leads to some big storms and wild temperature swings. Our average high at the beginning of the month is in the low fifties but rises to the low sixties by the end of March. We average over three and a half inches of liquid precipitation and a bit over one and one half inches of snow. Since the winter of 1887 - 1888 we have had ten inches of snow or more just ten times. We have had five inches or more (including the ten times w/ ten of more) eighteen times. Forty three times since 1887 – 1888 we have had no measureable snow in March. Astronomical spring arrives on Thursday the 20th at 1:48 AM. This is the Vernal Equinox when the sun is directly over the equator which creates equal day and night in each hemisphere. We are going into spring while the southern hemisphere slips into autumn. For you star gazers Mars will be bright and overhead by 7 PM. Venus, which has been putting on a show for months, will remain bright but remain very low in the horizon and be very difficult to see. Daylight saving time begins the second Sunday in March, the 9th. Before you go to bed on Saturday the 8th turn your clocks ahead one hour. It is also a good time to replace your batteries in all of your smoke detectors.  ¶ 6:03 PM