First day of spring

• THE first day of spring isn't what it used to be. In fact, over the past several decades spring weather has been arriving earlier in most parts of the United States.
(New York Times)
• The vernal equinox — the first day of spring — will arrive tomorrow (March 20) at 05:14 Universal Time, or 1:14 a.m. EDT. Even more intriguing is that for those in the Mountain and Pacific Time zones, the equinox will actually arrive tonight (March 19).
(msnbc.com)
• BOCA RATON — Blue is now white and white is now blue. And that is just the start of Carl Pelinis mission to change everything about Florida Atlantic football that was in place under former coach Howard Schnellenberger.
(Palm Beach Post)
• The fickle nature of Montanas weather was on full display Monday morning. A day after the high reached 73 degrees, Billings-area residents awoke Monday to a steady fall of fat, wet, heavy snow.
(Billings Gazette)
• On the first day of spring, New Yorkers can just about welcome summer to the region.
(Wall Street Journal)
• The first day of northern hemisphere spring and southern hemisphere autumn for 2012 is Tuesday March 20, 2012. The vernal equinox, which marks the beginning of northern hemisphere spring, is actually not a day but an instant in time.
(Examiner)
• The vernal equinox — the first day of spring — will arrive Tuesday (March 20) at 05:14 Universal Time, or 1:14 a.m. EDT. Even more intriguing is that for those in the Mountain and Pacific Time zones, the equinox will actually arrive Monday night (March 19).
(msnbc.com)
• The first day of spring in 2012 is on March 20 (according to the astronomical definition). It is also called the spring equinox. Spring is one of the four temperate seasons, the transition period between winter and summer.
(The Province)