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Gardening by the Moon
June 16th - June 18th
Favorable For Planting Peas, Beans, Tomatoes, And Other Fall Crops Bearing Yield Aboveground. Sow Grains And Forage Crops. Plant Flowers.
Favorable For Planting Peas, Beans, Tomatoes, And Other Fall Crops Bearing Yield Aboveground. Sow Grains And Forage Crops. Plant Flowers.
Current Moon Phase
Waxing Gibbous, 67% of FullLong Range Weather
June 16th - June 19th
- Northeast U.S.
A spell of fine, dry weather.
- Midwest/Great Lakes U.S.
Fair, then dangerous thunderstorms spread in.
- Southeast U.S.
Hot and steamy.
- North Central U.S.
Fair, then big thunderstorms over the Rockies and the Plains States.
- South Central U.S.
Squally New Mexico to Texas.
- Northwest U.S.
Sunshine gives way to clouds and a few showers.
- Southwest U.S.
Thunderstorms over Arizona.
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