By Greta Easthom For the third year in a row, a warmer-than-average January and February has accelerated the arrival of Washington, D.C.’s annual cherry blossoms, according to the Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang. When 70 percent of the cherry blossoms along the Tidal Basin have fully grown, Capital Weather Gang considers this to be peak bloom. The average date for peak bloom, historically, was April … Continue reading Changing temperatures put peak dates for cherry blossoms into question