Read more from our Ultimate Guide to Cherry Blossoms here.
0
Number of cherries produced by the trees—a flowering-only species
3
Number of different peak-bloom predictions by the National Park Service in 2017, due to volatile weather
59.9°
Average temperature at peak bloom over the past decade
4
Number of Tidal Basin cherry trees cut down by vandals after Pearl Harbor
3.15.90
Earliest peak bloom
4.4
Average peak-bloom date
4.18.58
Latest peak bloom
3750
Number of cherry trees across all DC National Park sites
45:15
Current finishing-time record in the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler, set by Allan Kiprono of Kenya in 2012
This article appears in the April 2018 issue of Washingtonian.
Michael J. Gaynor has written about fake Navy SEALs, a town without cell phones, his Russian spy landlord, and many more weird and fascinating stories for the Washingtonian. He lives in DC, where his landlord is no longer a Russian spy.
