It happens every year.  A warm wave moves into the area, and I immediately get the urge to run to the nursery and start planting for the spring.  Of course, there is another little voice inside my head warning me to not fall for it.  There are plenty of other things I can do outside to start prepping for spring.  Perhaps I’m just anxious to liven things up a bit; break out of the winter hibernation.  This past week was certainly one of those weeks.  Are we passed the point of having any more freeze events?  When does the last freeze event typically occur for my area?  For curious readers, the Midwestern Regional Climate Center has a tool – the Freeze Date Tool (https://mrcc.purdue.edu/freeze/freezedatetool) – that can help answer this question (Figure 1).  Utilizing historical observation data that has been gridded to the county level, users can select their temperature[Read More…]