After several weeks of 0 weather, the weather pattern is changing. 40’s are forecast for the coming days. It looks like a long term pattern change, not a just a couple of days of warmer weather. We will put out a tap tomorrow to see what the trees are doing. With a light snow cover and weeks of 0 weather, the frost is deep and it may take time for the trees to wake up. In 2022 we had deep frost and even with ideal freeze/thaw days, the sap didn’t run until the frost came out.
The season would be several weeks early by the calendar, but we have to go by the weather pattern. In 2024 the season started the end of January.
During December we had two snowfalls of 8”. But that melted over Christmas. Then second week of January cold weather arrived. We had several days of -10. We attended the Wisconsin Maple Syrup Institute in Marshfield, WI. Temperatures dropped to -25 in the central part of the state. Lake Michigan moderated the temperatures here, but we still had -10.