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Spring has finally sprung in the GTA

GTA residents are eagerly anticipating summer weather like that of last year.
GTA residents are eagerly anticipating summer weather like that of last year. CP Images

TORONTO – It’s finally arrived: spring. And it’s here to stay.

Though the calendar may have read “spring” on March 20, the weather has been anything but spring-like in the Greater Toronto Area since then. But now garden centres are starting to open, trees are finally starting to bloom and a wider variety of birds are showing themselves.

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It’s been a particularly difficult spring following last year’s unusually mild weather. In Toronto, March 2012 had a mean temperature of 6.7 degrees Celsius with a monthly high of 26 degrees Celsius on March 22.

This March Toronto’s mean temperature was -0.1 and its highest, 13.7. Though it’s hard to believe, however, this March’s mean temperature was still above the monthly mean of -0.4.

Looking to the week ahead, Environment Canada is forecasting mostly sunny days and temperatures around 20 degrees.

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Unfortunately, not all of Ontario will experience the spring bliss – snow is forecast today for parts of Northwestern Ontario.

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