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Why does Easter “hop” around the calendar each year? And is the March full Moon to blame for why Easter is so late in 2019? Find out!
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Gardening by the Moon
Fine for sowing grains, hay, and forage crops. Plant flowers. Favorable days for planting root crops.
Current Moon Phase
Long Range Weather Forecast
March 20th - March 23rd
- Northeast & New England
A significant storm develops along southeast coast, depositing rain, snow as it moves north.
- Great Lakes, Ohio Valley & Midwest
Cloudy. Storm moves along Atlantic Seaboard provides rain, wet snow to easternmost portions of Kentucky, Ohio.
- Southeast U.S.
A significant storm develops along southeast coast bringing wind, and rain.
- North Central U.S.
Clear, cold Rockies.
- South Central U.S.
Clear, cold Rockies.
- Northwest U.S.
Increasingly cloudy skies.
- Southwest U.S.
Sunshine, then increasingly cloudy skies.
- Newfoundland, Labrador
A hefty snowfall arrives just in time for the start of spring!
- Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec
A significant storm develops along the Southeast Coast of the US and deposits rain and snow as it moves north.
- Ontario
Varying amounts of clouds and Sun; storm moving north along the US Atlantic Seaboard may provide a glancing blow to easternmost portions of Ontario with rain and wet snow.
- Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
Clear and cold for the Rockies.
- British Columbia
Increasingly cloudy skies.
If you notice a hole in the upper left-hand corner of your Farmers' Almanac, don't return it to the store! That hole isn't a defect; it's a part of history. Starting with the first edition of the Farmers' Almanac in 1818, readers used to nail holes into the corners to hang it up in their homes, barns, and outhouses (to provide both reading material and toilet paper). In 1919, the Almanac's publishers began pre-drilling holes in the corners to make it even easier for readers to keep all of that invaluable information (and paper) handy.
