Minneapolis, Minnesota
Our third grade class at Blake Lower School in Hopkins has officially
planted our "Journey North" garden. We planted 21 Red Emperor bulbs
on Thursday, October 17, 1996. We had a very cool, wet day for our
planting. Thank goodness the previous days of preparation were warm and
pleasant.
We have made a WWW page with pictures of the planting process.
We are eager to track this data, it fits well into our study of phenology. I have attached below the phenology data that our class collected in September and October. My class collects this data throughout the year.
Mr. John's Class
Blake School
richard_johns@blake.pvt.k12.mn.us
Date AM Hi Beaufort Sky Daily Phenology
SEPTEMBER, 1996 9/2 Labor Day-No Classes 9/3 78 85 partly cloudy First day of classes-AM showers 9/4 67 87 sunny Leaves starting to turn color 9/5 67 87 2 sunny M's Birthday 9/6 70 80 3 foggy Geese flying overhead 9/9 57 78 2 foggy Could see breath 9/10 66 77 3 cloudy Sumac is all red 9/11 53 68 4 sunny First sweater worn 9/12 55 66 3 partly cloudy Heat came on at home 9/13 43 62 2 sunny Frost on the grass 9/16 56 69 1 sunny Squirrels gathering acorns 9/17 53 68 1 sunny Maples turning yellow and red 9/18 49 68 1 sunny "Steam" rises off the lakes 9/19 51 59 1 partly cloudy First time -turned car heater 9/20 55 63 3 cloudy First cup of hot cocoa 9/23 57 66 0 cloudy People putting storm windows up 9/24 47 63 2 sunny Frost on the windshield 9/25 47 62 3 sunny Oaks starting to turn 9/26 51 48 4 cloudy Lunar eclipse 9/27 49 57 4 partly cloudy Lots of sea gulls on the fields 9/30 51 72 4 partly cloudy Lots of leaves falling
Date AM Hi Beaufort Sky Daily Phenology
OCTOBER, 199610/1 59 77 5 partly cloudy Maple leaves dropping 10/2 45 52 6 cumulus/east Very windy 10/3 30 54 1 clear first Killing frost 10/4 44 63 3 stratus Homecoming week end 10/7 41 55 2 altostratus Pumpkins harvested/freeze 10/8 34 59 0 cirrus Frost/see breath/steam on water 10/9 45 54 3 stratus Geese flocking on soccer field 10/10 - - - - No School-conferences 10/11 - - - - No School-conferences 10/14 54 65 5 altocumulus Lots of leaves falling, windy 10/15 53 68 2 clear Geese migrating, oaks turning color 10/16 47 65 2 cirrocumulus First time snow in forcast 10/17 54 55 1 nimbostratus Planted Journey North Garden, foggy 10/18 38 48 6 clear Bare trees, very windy 10/21 46 54 4 stratus Started ice skating,World Series Time 10/22 39 47 3 stratus First sleet, squirrel in crabapple tree 10/23 42 49 4-5 nimbostratus Took down soccer goals, more sleet 10/24 39 52 3 stratus More birds at the feeder 10/25 46 55 4 stratus Wearing wool socks 10/28 29 55 3 clear Heavy frost, bedding roses 10/29 46 56 4 nimbostratus Rainy, snow predicted, tornado 10/30 29 32 6 stratocumulus First snow, W Chill in minus, ice on road 10/31 17 28 5 clear Record low, ice in gutter
Date AM Hi Beaufort Sky Daily Phenology
NOVEMBER, 199611/1 21 33 3 clear Frozen ponds 11/4 39 47 2 stratus Cones on plants for winter 11/5 41 46 2 nimbostratus Election Day 11/6 44 49 1 fog Bell feeder is eaten! 11/7 30 40 2 cirrostratus Very heavy frost 11/8 32 36 3 stratus Plants pulled up 11/11 21 24 2 stratus Snow flurries 11/12 10 20 2 clear First fire in fireplace 11/13 16 22 1 cirrocumulus 1/2 inch of ice on ponds 11/14 12 27 3 clear Juncos arrived 11/15 16 33 4 stratus Sleet 11/18 16 28 1 stratus Single digit wind chill 11/19 17 23 1 stratus Snow in forecast 11/20 23 25 3 nimbostratus Large snow fall 11/21 25 27 1 stratus Ski resorts open 11/22 22 26 1 stratus Snow plows out 11/25 3 16 3 altocumulus No more geese 11/26 -2 13 2 clear First negative AM temp 11/27 - - - - No classes-Thanksgiving Holiday 11/29 - - - - No classes-Thanksgiving Holiday 11/30 - - - - No classes-Thanksgiving Holiday
Date AM Hi Beaufort Sky Daily Phenology
DECEMBER, 199612/2 7 20 0 stratus First fish house seen 12/3 8 17 1 stratus 5" of ice on area lakes 12/4 14 28 3 stratus Days are shorter 12/5 25 30 1 nimbostratus Morning flurries 12/6 26 33 1 nimbostratus Big snow fall 12/9 19 32 2 stratus Gray day 12/10 26 33 3 stratus Skating on area ponds 12/11 32 36 2 nimbostratus Icy roads 12/12 33 37 1 altostratus Sun today! 12/13 16 34 1 stratus Lots of melt and refreeze 12/16 10 20 4 nimbostratus Let it snow, snow, snow! 12/17 0 7 2 clear Ice still not safe for snowmobiles 12/18 6 10 4 nimbostratus Lots of snow, many area schools closed! 12/19 2 10 3 clear Wind chill -23 12/20 -13 10 1 stratus Tomorrow is winter solstice 12/23 - - - - No classes-Winter Break 12/24 - - - - No classes-Winter Break 12/25 - - - - No classes-Winter Break 12/26 - - - - No classes-Winter Break 12/27 - - - - No classes-Winter Break 12/30 - - - - No classes-Winter Break 12/31 No classes-Winter Break