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Today is the First Day of Spring
Though it may not look like it yet in Portsmouth, spring has surely sprung. Here's a list of our favorite springtime chill spots.
Today is the first day of spring 2013, though you'd never know it by the foot of snow Tuesday's storm dropped on Portsmouth.
According to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, spring starts at 7:02 a.m. with the vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. Equinox means "equal night" and is when the nights and days are about equal everywhere. During an equinox, the sun rises and sets due east and west. This means that the Earth's axis neither points toward or away from the sun.
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The Portsmouth area has tons of locations for springtime frolicking, though you may have to let them thaw out first. Here's a list of our favorites:
- Prescott Park
- Peirce Island
- Market Square
- Strawbery Banke Museum
- Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion
- Great Island Common, New Castle
Did we leave your out your favorite springtime chill spot? Tell us in the comments field below!
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