As shown by the climate normals, February through April are not particularly conducive to plant growth and flowering in Nova Scotia (table There is typically extensive snowfall, and considerable snowpack remaining at the end of each month. While the data for Anti gonish Co. Are not available, the lower temperatures would sug gest even greater snowpack than for the Annapolis Valley. The mild winter of 2012 was characterized by an 88% reduction in snowpack at the end of February and 100% reduction in March and April.

The relative absence of snow was reflected in the differences in temperature regimes between climate normals and 2012 (table 1.

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