Signs of spring
Spring starts March 20, but the region has been experiencing unseasonably warm temperatures well ahead of schedule. So warm that the National Park Service changed dates for its forecast of Washington’s Tidal Basin cherry blossom bloom.
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March 19, 2012
Christine Walker, 20, a Northwestern University journalism student, sits among the cherry trees on the Capitol grounds.
Melina Mara / The Washington Post
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