22 inches of rain already this year in St. Louis, (and it's drizzling right now)!  This is the wettest start to a year on record.  In March I drove from Memphis to St. Louis, through the disastrous floods near Cape Girardeau, MO. 

Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for t-shirt weather here in Iowa.  It's been a slow spring after a terrible winter.  Trees are finally leafing out nicely.