Mapping cherry blossom

[pdabbadabba]

And for Washington, DC: April 8-12

https://cherryblossomwatch.com/peak-bloom-forecast/

[SeanLuke]

Seems late. The so-called "indicator tree" is in full bloom. I am told that this usually means the rest will reach peak in about 7=10 days.

[Symbiote]

This is a specific use of phenology, studying animal/plant life cycle events, like flowering time.

Since ancient times, people have noticed these events – the first snowdrops show spring, for example – and in the 19th century, some naturalist-nerds started recording the exact dates. This was then a surprise climate change dataset.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenology

[spike021]

Thanks for sharing! I've been following a bunch of car enthusiasts from Japan on Instagram, and the past week or so they've begun posting photos of the cherry blossoms. Very cool to visualize the actual progression with a map (since I don't know many of the mentioned areas in the posts, usually).

[nyankosensei]

Why aren’t any blossoms shown in Hokkaido?

[AznHisoka]

Probably because it's too cold there?