The toughest runners welcome inclement weather.
Mercifully, given the number of athletes lodged in prefab huts and school halls – as late as three weeks before the opening, the British Olympic Association wrote to the paper pleading "if the sporting public would like to do something to ensure that our team is as well cared for as any team from abroad, contributions, however small, will be most welcome" – the weather was glorious.
Spring arrives officially arrives March 20, and Thomas Blanchard's exquisite time-lapse of flowers blooming will help you welcome warmer weather with open arms.
Wednesday will see a high of 79 degrees with a chance of isolated thunderstorms, before the temperature falls again on Thursday, with a high of 59. Check out the photos below to see how the city enjoyed the welcome warm weather.
"We welcomed Giants weather to this new building," he said.
Although the moisture and cooler temperatures will be welcomed, the weather service warned of a potential new problem to compound the region's misery.
Welcome in cold weather, less so here.
I like to think of it as a new wardrobe to welcome (slightly) warmer weather.
The furlough, intended to save about $650,000 from the system's $50 million budget, has become something of a late-summer tradition in recent years, hardly as welcome as the weather.
Sweet cool drinks like lychee, lemonade and coconut juice would be especially welcome in hot weather, as would Rainbow Ice, a dessert for the adventurous, with layered red mung beans, green agar, syrup and white coconut.
