Spring in Chicago

Who doesn't like the fun and adventure of spring weather in Chicago? I mean, you don't see temperature graphs like this coming from Los Angeles:

At 5:07 pm on Friday—only about 40 hours ago—it was 23.3°C, I had all my windows open, and I had a polo shirt on when I walked Cassie a few minutes later. Now it's 1.2°C, the temperature has dropped steadily since 3pm yesterday, and I'm about to put on a winter coat because it's bloody snowing.

This week we'll continue to whipsaw around the freezing mark, with forecast high temperatures of 11°C tomorrow and 18°C on Tuesday, followed by forecast lows of -1°C Wednesday night and 0°C on Thursday night.

Eventually we'll have consistently warm temperatures, and in fairness the snow isn't sticking. But March really knows how to torture us.

Here in Cambridge, last weekend we enjoyed a couple of days at 17 C. This weekend, it hasn't even reached 7 C, and there's a stiff northerly breeze today, making it feel several degree colder still. The forecast for Wednesday and Thursday is 16 C and sunshine, but I'll believe it when I see it. Not for nothing does English weather lore say that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.

I'll keep an eye on Cambridge: https://www.wx-now.com/Nearby/NGIA_M3565491_M2591658