While we wait to declare spring's arrival, we have time to study temperature in our own backyards and across the continent. Can our study of winter temperatures help us to make better predictions about where spring will arrive first, or last?

Read the title of this map. It shows us how much colder or warmer than normal it was last week.

Find the places on the map where it was 9 degrees colder than normal. Where was it a lot warmer than normal? Locate YOUR school garden on the map. What can you learn about your temperatures last week from this map?