Spring
Spring, March through May, is generally the wettest season of the year with the mean temperature from 1895 until 2003 being about 12°C (54°F) and its mean precipitation (in the form of rain) for this period being approximately 300 mm (12 inches). The spring rains often continue through June. The spring also produces the most tornadoes; with an average of 35 tornadoes each year.
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Famous quotes containing the word spring:
“So that’s why you’re green around the gills. Spring comes to the bushveldt, the young bucks start butting their heads together.”
—Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)
“I have no more patience for this Europe where Autumn wears the face of Spring and Spring reeks of misery.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)
“Fresh curls spring from the baldest brow. There is nothing inorganic.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)