8 March 2026
The woodland crocuses (Crocus tommasinianus) on Neville Street have been blooming for a couple of days but I didn’t notice until yesterday. My guess at their bloom date is Thursday 5 March.
This is not unexpected. The weather had been above 50°F for four days and yesterday topped out at 78.8°F!
During last year’s photo shoot many bees were visiting the flowers. None this year. 🙁
How does this year’s crocus bloom date compare to those in the past?
Crocus First-Bloom Dates in Pittsburgh’s East End range from late February to the first three weeks of March.
- March 11, 2009
- March 11, 2010
- March 14, 2011
- February 28, 2012 (the Hot year!)
- March 18, 2013
- March 22, 2014 (the Polar Vortex year. Crocuses bloomed for only one day because a deep freeze returned on March 23.)
- March 18, 2015
- I don’t have a crocus record but the date was probably March 7, 2016 based on temperature data, this post about coltsfoot, and feedback from Supriya in Squirrel Hill.
- March 1, 2017
- February 23, 2018
- March 20, 2019
- March 21, 2020
- March 9, 2021
- March 7, 2022
- February 21, 2023 (an Even Hotter year)
- March 1, 2024
- March 4, 2025
- and now March 5, 2026
This year follows the early trend but is well within the cluster. Interestingly, the dates in February are earlier each time they occur. Repeated dates are circled in green.
Flowers are popping up all over.
Hi Kate. My first sighting this year of crocus in my yard was 2/21 and several bees on the crocus 2/28.
Forgot to add location. Moon Twp.