On Tuesday we entered the final two-thirds of the 12 months, and in Washington we did it with a cool hand underneath a grey sky, which appeared with out affinity for the date and season.
Washington, D.C
Tuesday moved us into last two-thirds of the year, and did it coolly
Little proof appeared of the springtime effervescence and enthusiasm that many affiliate with the month of Could. Scrutiny of Tuesday’s skies, of their unrelieved dimness, confirmed few of the intense delights of the season.
Nor did the thermometer convey a lot cheer. Whereas the 12 months’s climate watchword appears to be heat, Tuesday, with seeming callousness, supplied a day excessive of 59. That was 14 levels beneath the common for Could 2.
The 59-degree excessive matched the Washington common for March 23, a day on which spring should be struggling to search out its footing and throw off the chilliness chains of winter.
The 49-degree morning low was 5 beneath the Could 2 common.
However for the primary time this 12 months, the solar set after 8 p.m., and hotter days are stated to be coming.