What a great week to be on Spring Break. Now that the rain is past, we're looking at sunny skies and starry nights for nearly the whole week ahead. And temperatures will poke through the 60s, into the 70s along the way.

That's not to say we don't still need rain. We do, despite the fact we gained nearly an inch (0.93 over two days at BWI-Marshall) on Friday and Saturday. January precipitation was only average. February and March saw a combined 4-inch deficit. April so far has been wet - running three-quarters of an inch ahead of the average pace. But, on balance, we continue to run a precipitation deficit of well over 3 inches for the year .

But wasn't that a terrific batch of rain? When was the last time we had an all-day rain like Saturday's? I had 0.95 of an inch in all here on the back deck in Cockeysville - about what the airport had.  That made it the biggest precipitation event since the Feb. 11-12 snowstorm.

And, man did that temperature sink - from the 60s after midnight to 41 degrees at BWI by the witching hour last night. And it was 31 degrees at the weather station here in C'ville this morning. The airport got to 35 degrees. That's no record, but it's well below the average low for this date.