It’s the same story every year: In February or March, a warm spell arrives that makes us think the long winter is finally over. Then, just as quickly, cold weather returns and we’re back to bundling up. This is a false spring, and it feels nature is playing a trick on us. But what is it, really?

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“Is ‘false spring’ really a thing?” was produced by Great Lakes Now/Detroit PBS.

Produced, Written, and Narrated by
Adam Fox-Long

Edited by
Bill Allesee

Camera
Adam Fox-Long

Additional Material
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
Michigan Farm Bureau