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elleng

(136,607 posts)
Thu May 6, 2021, 03:27 PM May 2021

Abnormally chilly weather to hover over D.C., may delay cicada outburst.

Highs in the 60s and lows in the 40s may hold off a mass cicada emergence for one to two more weeks.

Late April and the start of May offered a flash of summer, but warm weather has now retreated and may not return until the second half of the month. This may keep the much-anticipated outburst of cicadas at bay for at least one to two more weeks.

An unusually chilly weather pattern, not unlike what Europe has experienced for weeks, has just begin to settle over the eastern United States.

High temperatures most afternoons over the next seven to 10 days are not predicted to exceed the 60s, while nighttime lows will frequently dip into the 40s to near 50. The daily average temperatures, hovering in the 50s, will chill soils and probably keep most cicadas underground.

Cicada emergence is tied to soil temperatures at or above 64 degrees. They flirted with that threshold in recent days, and cicada sightings trickled in on our social media feeds. But the cicada swarm will probably await more sustained warmth.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/05/06/cicada-forecast-dc-cool-weather/?

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Abnormally chilly weather to hover over D.C., may delay cicada outburst. (Original Post) elleng May 2021 OP
The foxes are digging up our yard looking for them I think soothsayer May 2021 #1
I'm hoping it does the same here in Columbus. luvs2sing May 2021 #2
We had our May weather in March and April so doc03 May 2021 #3
Lucky us..I just read the cicadas should emerge.. luvs2sing May 2021 #4
Didn't we have a deluge of 17 year cicadas 2 seasons ago? spooky3 May 2023 #5

luvs2sing

(2,234 posts)
2. I'm hoping it does the same here in Columbus.
Thu May 6, 2021, 03:47 PM
May 2021

I mean, if it has to be stupidly cold and un-Maylike, there has to be some positive benefit.

doc03

(36,818 posts)
3. We had our May weather in March and April so
Thu May 6, 2021, 04:04 PM
May 2021

far. We had our cicadas in 2016 in this part of Ohio.

spooky3

(36,333 posts)
5. Didn't we have a deluge of 17 year cicadas 2 seasons ago?
Sat May 6, 2023, 06:57 AM
May 2023

I don’t want those creepy crawlers back so soon.

The articles you linked are from 2021 so maybe we’ll be spared.

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