Today is the second consecutive day that Boston has posted the highest temperature in 125 years, and we broke this one at 10 o'clock this morning. By 1 p.m. the thermometer at East Boston Savings Bank had a reading of 68 degrees, one short of the day's high. At least one cherry tree blossomed on the Common yesterday, according to the Globe, and other stories I've read noted that the unseasonable warmth has changed the migration habits of some birds.
One area that concerns me is the coming maple sugar season. For the sap to run, temperatures need to be above freezing during the day and below freezing at night. If we don't have a steady period of those conditions, New England maple syrup production will continue to decrease and the price is likely to skyrocket.
There are some positive effects of this warm winter: Less energy is needed to heat houses and less money is being spent on snow removal. Of course, we're still in mid-winter and there's plenty of time for cold and snow to make an appearance. We've had snowstorms well into April in the not-too-distant past, so those of us who love winter haven't given up just yet.
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