"John Barnard" wrote in message
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I lived in Vancouver for a year and was impressed at how early into the
year that the cherry blossoms came out. Snow was nearly non-existent and
the winter relatively warm.

That Pacific longshore current tends to keep things warm along the coast. We
DO get cold shots down out of Siberia from time to time, though.

I'm a transplanted Portlander... weather's not a lot different from either
Vancouver (WA or BC)