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1999
Weather
FOLLOWING FALL
On the east coast of the United States, the fall foliage change moves south by 50 miles a day.
Margaret Wagner, Brooklyn, New York
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2023
Weather
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE RULE OF DROUGHT
If the ash buds before the oak, look for fire and smoke. If the oak buds before the ash, look for a summer splash!
Mr. and Mrs. Strearns Smalley, Wonalancet, New Hampshire
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2047
Weather
WATCHING HORSES YAWN
When a horse yawns, the weather's going to change.
Rita Pitkin, Albany, Vermont
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2071
Weather
WATCHING BIRDS
If you see birds rotating way up - turning small, tight circles and not clapping their wings - you're going to get a blow.
Alec Wilkinson, The New Yorker, quoting Raymond Duarte, Provincetown, Massachusets
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2095
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AVERAGING THE WEATHER
The average of the average temperatures across North America is usually fairly even. When it's cold in the west, it's warm in the east, and vice versa.
Walter Pitkin, literary agent, Weston, Connecticut
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2119
Weather
CHECKING SPIDERWEBS
If in the evening you can find beads of dew on spiderwebs, the next day will bring good, dry haying weather.
Retired dairy farmer in Albany, Vermont
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2143
Weather
CHECKING FOR DEW
Brush your hand over the grass well after sunset. If it is dry, the next day will be too wet for haying.
Retired dairy farmer in Albany, Vermont
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2167
Weather
FOLLOWING SPRING
Spring moves north about 13 miles a day.
Jon Reis, photographer, Ithaca, New York
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2191
Weather
FINDING A LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM
To determine the approximate direction of the center of a low-pressure system, stand with your back to the wind and your arm extended sideways. If you move your arm forward about 45 degrees, you will be pointing to the center of the low. If a low-pressure system is to the west of you, it often means you are in for poor weather.
Stephen Friends, meteorologist
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2215
Weather
FORECASTING THE WEATHER
When first-graders get disruptive as a class, there's going to be a major change in weather.
Lin Spaeth, first-grade teacher
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2239
Weather
FOLLOWING AIR MASSES
Air masses travel about 750 miles per day (slower in summer, faster in winter).
Eric Sloane, artist and writer
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