Spring Has Sprung!

We have some wonderful spring weather in Sarajevo right now. The trees are budding, the flowers are blooming, and the dogs are out again. Because of this recent (and drastic) weather change, I am going to talk a little bit about the weather in Sarajevo for the past months.

August-September: I arrived in Sarajevo on a hot, day with the sun shining and a light breeze. It was absolutely perfect. Everything was green, there were tons of people outside, and an abundance of gelato carts. Another thing I remeber about this time was a plethora of slugs EVERYWHERE. That was probably due to the fact that when it wasnt sunny, it was pouring, and that happened almost every other day. The weather stayed like this through about the end of September

August Weather

October: In October it started to cool down a bit but it was still pretty warm, the kind of weather where you bring a light jacket but don't necessarily wear it. Then, suddenly, in the middle of October it snowed and it was beautiful! The snow even stuck for a day or two, thankfully it was only a day or two. The weather then returned to the normal fall weather.

The Beautiful October Snow

November: November was when we started to see more signs of the approaching winter. The bakeries no longer left their doors open to allow the smell to waft in front and the cafes closed up their outside seating. Since Sarajevo is surrounded by mountains, when the air is chillier, it gets trapped. November is when we first started to see the smoky buildup. No snow in November though.

December: The weather in December was very much like in November. Chilly, but not too cold. With the Christmas spirit in the air, I spend the entire month hoping for snow and a white Christmas. Mother Nature didn't agree with me as we didn't get ANY snow until December 26th. That was my first non-white Christmas.

January: January was quite cold. Coming from Minnesota, I am very experienced with the cold. I still don't like it though. Early January was probably the coldest time of the year, when it got to just around zero farenheit. It also snowed off and on. Later in the month it was this awkward temperature where during the day some snow would melt and then at night everything would freeze. This caused some very slippery sidewalks in the morning! By the end of the month most of the snow in the city had melted.

February: The temperatures February were very similar to the end of January. Some snow re accumulated but not a ton. By the end of February there was very little to no snow on the ground.

March: In early March, we had wonderful weather. It was i the fifties and sunny. I expected it to stay that way for the rest of spring. Mother nature had a different idea. In early-mid March it snowed heavily for 3 straight. After the little "preview" of spring, this was not a welcome regression to winter. Thankfully, the snow didn't last long and the weather went back to the nice early spring weather and continuously got warmer.

The March Snow

April: Late March and Early spring was gorgous, it was in the high fifties and low sixties. I, once again, thought it would last, I, once again, was wrong. On Easter morning(April 3rd), I woke up to a snowy day. This was just a moderate snow but it also lasted three days straight. Something else that made this snow very peculiar is the fact that the weather said it was forty degrees but it was snowing outside...hmm. Well, after those snowy days were done we have had weather that could not get any better. Almost every day has been in the mid sixties-low seventies and sunny. It is 100% perfect. Since it is almost May, I think I can assume there will be no more snow, but I guess you never know!

A few days ago (Late April)

It so wonderful seeing everything bloom for spring. Personally, I think the best part is the ice cream carts are open again:) I got my first scoop of 2015 yesterday. It was hazelnut flavored and it was wonderful.