Spring is Here

Spring time is upon us and as you all know the snow has come and gone. Over the last couple weeks, the maintenance staff have been working diligently to clean up the golf course from any debris collected over the winter months. The greens have over wintered very well and are showing slight signs of growth as the soil temperatures continue to rise. We received a significant amount of rainfall in early April but the course has begun to dry up quite nicely. Last year by this time, the club was in full swing and many of you had played several rounds of golf. In March 2012, the average temperature was 6.1 degrees Celsius while this year, the average for March was -1.7 degrees Celsius. According to Environment Canada, the "normal" temperature average for our region during March is -0.9 degrees Celsius. Therefore this this year is much closer to the climate normals than last year. The two graphs below compare daily average temperatures for March 2012 and 2013.