Groundhog Day: Forecast, Facts, and Folklore (2020)
Groundhog Day is celebrated every year on February 2, and in 2020, it falls on Sunday. It’s a day when townsfolk in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, gather in Gobbler’s Knob to watch
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Lavatory Legend: The Real Story of Thomas Crapper
We get down to business and separate fact from myth, once and for all, about who’s really behind the flush toilet.
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Can Animals Predict The Weather?
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Chocolate Sauerkraut Surprise Cake
Here’s a surprise! Sauerkraut and chocolate baked in a cake is delicious! Once you try it, you’ll be a fan!
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About the Next Full Moon
Weather History for the United States
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Gardening by the Moon
January 26th - January 28th
Extra good for peppers, tomatoes, peas and other vine crops. Fine for planting any aboveground crop where the climate permits.
Extra good for peppers, tomatoes, peas and other vine crops. Fine for planting any aboveground crop where the climate permits.
Long Range Weather Forecast
January 24th - January 27th
- Northeast & New England
Gusty winds; rain changing to snow.
- Great Lakes, Ohio Valley & Midwest
Frigidly cold air plunges south from Canada. Snow showers and squalls to the lee of the Great Lakes.
- Southeast U.S.
Very cold; blustery winds.
- North Central U.S.
Temperatures plummet to as low as 40° below across the northern and central Plains.
- South Central U.S.
Frigidly cold!
- Northwest U.S.
Fair/cold.
- Southwest U.S.
Stormy Utah, points east. Heavy accumulations mountains. Fair elsewhere.
- Newfoundland, Labrador
Some snow/flurries, then clearing skies; cold.
- Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec
Gusty winds; rain showers changing to snow.
- Ontario
Frigidly cold air pushes across the Heartland Province. Heavy snow showers and squalls to the lee of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay.
- Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
Temperatures plummet as low as -40 C.
- British Columbia
Fair, cold.
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