Trees budding late due to winter-like spring?

I'm just curious to see what you all have noticed around the country. I live in Denver, Colorado and we just had another decent snowstorm yesterday (6-16"!). When there's been late-spring snowfall in the past (mid/late-April), the trees had already sprouted buds. Since the trees were sprouting more surface area, a lot of snow would be stuck to tree branches, add a lot of weight, and break tons of limbs. Because of that past spring, I'm more aware of budding and late snowstorms.

Anyway, I've noticed that the majority of trees are not sprouting buds yet. I don't think it's because of a long cold spell because we had 80-degree weather on Sunday and a few very nice spring days. Are you seeing the same thing? Does it seem like trees aren't budding? All of the trees here look like they're dead. I've only noticed one out of all of them that have a few buds sprouting.

Last Edited by JBone on 05/02/2013 06:39 PM