First sign of summer

By stoat on April 11, 2008.

Last night we had the first ice-cream van of the summer around our streets. But we didn't stop it and buy one.

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An ice-cream van stops outside our house every day at 4pm. In all seasons.

[You don't live in Barbados, do you? -W]

Is the first date of ice-cream van a useful new proxy for temperature?

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