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It wasn't just this year. We compared long-term trends in peak bloom dates with the temperature in DC at the start of each year. The trend lines are about the same.

Temperature drives plants’ seasonal cycles. As temperatures rise, seasons will shift.

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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As always, the code to produce our datasets and create our charts is on Observable.

The anomaly chart is here: observablehq.com/@climatelab/...

The comparison of peak bloom and temperature is here: observablehq.com/@climatelab/...

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