OT: How about this Midwest March weather?!

I don't know how surreal the weather is where you are, but here's how my St. Patrick's day went in SE MN. Went outside at 8am and was already sweating in just a T-shirt. Took delivery of a fertilizer cart at about 11am and the driver who brought it almost got stuck in my stubble field after he unhooked it.

Farted around cleaning up most of the day figuring I would wait until tomorrow to spread fertilizer since they don't want their cart back until Monday. Steady 30mph winds most of the day and 80F+ all day. I was spreading the fert in that field by 3pm.

Around nightfall, I went looked at the field I spread fertilzer on and, I kid you not, there were cracks in the ground. I chisel plowed the stubble and plan on seeding alfalfa tomorrow.

Between all that, I found that the tent my boys pitched in the yard had been blown away by the high winds and flew about 100ft away into the creek where got caught on stump in the water. I took of my boots and socks and swam out to get it. Never felt the need to change out of my wet clothes (which were dry by the time I came back from plowing anyway).

I guess you could say it's not exactly your typical Minnesota March weather.

I'll be in the field today planting alfalfa. I am planning for drought with these evaporation rates this early here in Michigan. I will also be grazing in a week, about 3 weeks ahead of schedule.

Been disking the last three days. Going to start plowing today. And this is central Michigan.

Been disking the last three days. Going to start plowing today. And this is central Michigan.

The dog was kicking up dust playing in the yard yesterday. It looked like an old western movie where every move kicks up dirt.

Been sleeping with all the windows open at night for a week now in NW Missouri! CRAZY!

Lots of field work in central Illinois. Plenty of NH3, spraying, field prep work taking place. Heard reports of planting but not seen it. Soil temps are warm. Everything growing and blooming. Seems weird this early, but my 90 year old Grandpa told me last week...It"s nothing I havenn"t seen before. He was telling me that there really was no winter in 1953-54. They could work in the field every month. Got the crop planted, then the temps soared and the rain shut off. He says, you plant when the weather says go and forget the calendar.

Yep way to warm for this time of year. Been having problems already with ticks and that in its self is not a good sign as to what type of summer we may have. Also been way to dry and we are behind a good 2 inches or more in the rain gauge

Not only the mid-west. Mid-Atlantic, too....

It's unusual,but I remember picking stones off oat ground on St Pattys Day before.

Easter morning, 2007, central Kansas.

I would still like some more cold weather, 15f for a week straight. 75f in the middle of March aint right.