The first day of spring
Jim McKenney (Mon, 20 Feb 2006 13:52:43 PST)

I was doing something around the house the other day, the radio was on in
the background, and I thought I heard the voice on the radio say "the first
day of spring is only two weeks away".

Then today I heard it again: "spring starts next week" or something like
that. This time I tried to listen a little more carefully: the spring in
question is something being called meteorological spring.

Traditional spring is what, astronomical spring?

Is this concept of meteorological spring being used in other areas, or is it
a peculiarity of our local weatherman?

Jim McKenney
Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where titmice, cardinals,
mourning doves and Carolina wrens are singing and lots of things are
blooming.