(Photo by Phil Roeder)

It’s looking like it won’t be a record-breaking year for the cherry blossoms after all.

The National Park Service announced today that it is pushing its prediction for the beginning of peak bloom back by five days, now forecasting it to begin between March 19-22. After spring sprang early, this week’s cooler temperatures have slowed the development of the buds’ six-stage process of blooming.

Last year, the trees peaked—defined as 70 percent of flowers in bloom—on March 25, as cooler temperatures kept pushing it back. March 15 is the earliest peak bloom on record, which occurred in 1990 (the latest is April 18, 1958).

The new prediction does put peak bloom in line with the beginning of the National Cherry Blossom Festival, which runs between March 20 and April 16 this year.

And if you’re out of town to catch the famous Yoshinos in their prime, head back toward the later part of those dates. The second most abundant variety of cherry trees on the National Mall, the Kwanzan varietal, is expected to reach peak bloom around April 11.