🌸 Full bloom · April 26 (11 days late)

Saturday, April 26, 1029 All day

Kyoto's mountain cherries reached full bloom on April 26, 1029 — day 116 of the year. Of the 838 years on record, the 34th latest. From 812 to 1850 the average was April 15 (day 105.2). The 30 years to 1029 averaged day 108.0. Before modern weather records, the date comes from diaries and chronicles of flower-viewing parties at the imperial court, temples and shrines, gathered by Yasuyuki Aono. Data: Aono and Kazui (2008), Aono and Saito (2010), Katata (2026), via Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0). https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/date-of-the-peak-cherry-tree-blossom-in-kyoto

🌸 Full bloom · April 26 (11 days late)