Tulips breaking ground in Chicago
Tulips are coming out of the ground in Chicago, and it’s only February 22! Doesn’t that seem really early in the year for tulips to be sprouting?
What is the average first day for tulips to sprout in Chicago? We can find out with some historical photo research.
Every year tulips are abounding on the medians of busy downtown Michigan Avenue. When the tulips come out I take a photo of the initial buds breaking the ground. This spring tradition of photographing the tulip buds started for me in 2010. Almost every year I’ve captured the flowers coming out.
Let’s take the dates of those photos and find the average day when tulips break ground.
* March 8, 2016
* March 8, 2015
* April 10, 2014
* April 1, 2013
* March 19, 2010
According to my photos, the average first day that tulips break ground in Chicago is March 21.
Thus, the tulips this year are exactly one month early. The earliest they ever came before this year was March 8th. We beat that record by two weeks.
Tulips breaking ground in Chicago
Tulips are coming out of the ground in Chicago, and it’s only February 22! Doesn’t that seem really early in the year for tulips to be sprouting?
What is the average first day for tulips to sprout in Chicago? We can find out with some historical photo research.
Every year tulips are abounding on the medians of busy downtown Michigan Avenue. When the tulips come out I take a photo of the initial buds breaking the ground. This spring tradition of photographing the tulip buds started for me in 2010. Almost every year I’ve captured the flowers coming out.
Let’s take the dates of those photos and find the average day when tulips break ground.
* March 8, 2016
* March 8, 2015
* April 10, 2014
* April 1, 2013
* March 19, 2010
According to my photos, the average first day that tulips break ground in Chicago is March 21.
Thus, the tulips this year are exactly one month early. The earliest they ever came before this year was March 8th. We beat that record by two weeks.