Is it too early to plant spring-flowering bulbs?

I just purchased several types of bulbs (tulips, allium, muscari)...I live in Central Ohio and it's been in the 90s here lately...is it too warm to plant these bulbs? Should I wait until next month? Also, is it better to plant bulbs after a rain or when the ground is dry? We just bought our first house and I know nothing about landscaping...thank you!

Is it too early to plant spring-flowering bulbs?

If you've got them in hand, stick 'em in the ground. You may have to water before digging... try watering the night before you intend to dig.

Most of our spring bulbs are native to the mountains of the middle east... they're programmed to handle hot and dry summers. They're just going to sit there until the autumn rains, and start putting out roots then. They'll bloom, then sit there through next summer's heat and drought and then put out roots in the fall again.

If you don't want to plant them now, put them someplace cool and semi-moist (like the basement or the vegetable crisper of the refrigerator). THey'll use up less of their stored "food" reserves that way, and you'll have a better chance at bigger blooms next spring. Get them in the ground by late November or so where you are, though. And don't plant them where they're going to stand in soggy soil most of the time... they like soil that drains.