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title: "Washington's iconic cherry blossoms are long since gone this spring, way earlier than usual"
date: 2012-05-06T01:48:00Z
modified: 2012-05-06T01:48:00Z
permalink: "https://350.org/washingtons-iconic-cherry-blossoms-are-long-gone-spring-way-earlier-usual/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: "that's because of a freakish March heatwave across the eastern United States"
wpid: 29368
author: Bill McKibben
---

that’s because of a freakish March heatwave across the eastern United States

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