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was talking about.” With this clarity, Hancock has, in recent years, expanded on her father’s theory and posited a few of her own. She now believes that her proposed Earth equatorial ring is not smooth but has gaps like Saturn’s. The rings cast bands of shadows on Earth, cooling the atmosphere; the gaps allow sunlight through, warming it. The variations in air temperatures alter air pressure, causing variable weather: winds, fronts, precipitation, and other turbulence.

She also now believes that there is a second ring—a Moon ring. (In 1856, U.S. Navy chaplain and astronomer Rev. George Jones proposed the existence of “a nebulous ring around the Earth.” Hancock believes that the Moon ring is it.) “This second one,” she explains, “is located in the plane of the Moon’s orbit, like Saturn’s Phoebe ring,

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becoming denser or less dense, dustier or less dusty. The dust density would be due primarily to the YORP effect (named for scientists Ivan Osipovich Yarkovsky, John A. O’Keefe,

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ences of the inner solar system and ultimately be swept out of the rings. “Stuff must fall, most likely to Earth and sometimes as sandstorms,” she says. “The practical effect is that the rings would fade, diminishing their cooling ef-

fect, and there would be a gradual warming of Earth’s climate, especially in winter. It is the dust—not the rock—that makes the rings effective in causing shade.” This might put the theory to rest, if the rings were not replenished. Hancock believes that they are, in two different time frames: “First, I think that lunar volcanism may still eject material into space from time to time. After all, there are many tektite

strewn fields dated to times later than the Eocene. Big events would be expected

to happen erratically, occasionally, infrequently. In each case, some material would fall directly to Earth, and other material would be caught in orbit. “Second, material caught in orbit would

be constantly ground up into dust by the YORP effect. Thus the dust in the ring would be replenished continually, not er-

ratically and occasionally, but all the time.”

“During the Maunder Minimum, or Little Ice Age [1645 to 1715],” says Hancock, “the

Sun was quiet and rock dust accumulated in the ring. Then solar activity increased,

and since then, the ring has been fading. This is what has heated up the climate of the 20th century.”

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This, she says, is both the point of the theory and the point of difference from conventional thought: “The 20th-century greenhouse gas warming theory does not predict more winter warming than summer warming. It is about year-round warming. However, 20th-century global warming has been more important in winter than summer.” She believes that 20th-century warming was a result of the effects of the period’s strong solar cycles and solar activity on the rings: “In the last few years, the Sun has become more quiet than it was. With little solar activity, very little dust was dislodged from the rings, and Earth’s atmosphere began to cool a bit. Solar Cycle 24 started up in September 2009 or so, but its activity is below average. A low in solar activity sometimes is accompanied by big solar outbursts. These should be followed, in my theory, by sandstorms and

by brief warming—of weeks, not years— while the dust in the rings resettles and replenishes.

Corroboration or Coincidence? @ To test her ring theories, Lucy O’Keefe Hancock created a computer model that visualizes the two bands of shadow as they would fall on Earth for any date during the past thousand years or so and on into the next few hundred. To see videos explaining her ring theory and check her weather predictions based on the ring shadows, visit her Web site: http://naturesverdict.net. “In May 2012, and ever since, there

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followed by cooling a bit again. This fits the [ring] theory of weather. As to the future, I suppose that the dust is already beginning to regather. I don’t know how fast this happens, but if climate is sensitive to the 11-year sunspot cycle, recovery of the dust cloud must happen pretty fast.”

Shadows of Doubt Dr. Linda Spilker, an authority on planetary rings with the Jet Propulsion Lab at Caltech—she was part of the Cassini team, which sent a satellite into or-

bit around Saturn—is skeptical. Asked to comment on how rings might affect Earth’s weather, she wrote, “Any rings orbiting our planet would need to be dense enough to block some of the incoming sunlight. . . . To the best of my knowledge, no ring shadows or Earth rings have been detected that would be dense enough to impact Earth’s weather. “Another problem is that dusty rings would be easily visible under certain conditions. When the Sun is just behind the dusty ring, something you might see from the space station, for instance, even a small amount of dust—much, much

less than would cast a shadow—would become very bright.” Spilker is not the lone skeptic, and Hancock has a ready response. Hancock believes that a ring in the plane of Earth’s orbit (the one her father theorized) would appear as a glow low on the southern horizon in the early evening for observers in the Northern Hemisphere and might be mistaken for urban light pollution. The ring would be invisible at

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around midnight (it would be shaded by Earth) and visible again before dawn. A second ring, in the plane of the Moon’s

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cated where the zodiacal light and Gegenschein are found. The zodiacal light (example above), a pyramid-shape glow in eastern skies just before dawn and in western skies just after sunset, has been observed for thousands of years. The Gegenschein is a fainter glow that arches in the night sky between the two positions of zodiacal light. Hancock agrees with Spilker that, from space, dust should be observable when lit from behind, brightening as described. Looking at the Sun might be dangerous to eyes but, says Hancock, the Moon also should show such an effect to Earth-based observers when the geometry is right—such as near the totality of a total solar eclipse, when you might see a brightening of the Moon. Hancock plans to continue to promote her father’s theory. “I am not determined to prove him right, just determined to do what I can to get him a fair hearing to make sure that his ideas aren’t forgotten simply because they are a minority opinion,” she says. OOH Tim Clark, long a contributor to this Almanac, says that after working on this topic, his head was spinning.

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These weather maps correspond to the winter (November through March) and summer (June through August) predictions in the General Weather Forecast (opposite). Forecast terms here represent deviations from the normals; learn more on page 202.

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s solar activity declines from the low peak of Solar Cycle 24, we expect much of the nation to have below-normal winter temperatures and above-normal snowfall. Other key factors include a neutral-to-weak El Nifio Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and a cool phase of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), as well as a warm phase in the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) and a cold phase in the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), during most of the winter. We also expect low ice coverage and thickness in the Arctic. (Oscillations are linked ocean—atmosphere patterns that influence the weather over periods of weeks to years.) Spring and summer 2014 will bring above-normal temperatures nearly everywhere. Spring will be drier than normal across most of the nation, and summer drought may be a problem on the southern tip of Florida; from New England westward through the Lower Lakes and Upper Midwest; from Texas and Oklahoma westward through the Desert Southwest; and in the upper Pacific Northwest. In most other areas, rainfall will be near or above normal. Expect an active

hurricane season overall, with a major hurricane making landfall on the central Gulf coast in July and several hurricanes and tropical storms threatening Florida and the Atlantic seaboard in September.

November

through

March

temperatures

will be below normal, on average, in most

Northeast. Rainfall will be above normal in Georgia and Florida, in the Lower Lakes, and

of the nation. The only exceptions will be in

from Houston westward through the Desert

northern New England, the area from northeastern Minnesota into central Illinois and In-

Southwest; it will be near or below normal elsewhere.

diana, and the area from northern California and southern Oregon to central Colorado and down through southern Texas. Precipitation will be above normal in the Northeast, southem Florida, the Upper Midwest, the area from northeast Texas into southern Missouri and western Tennessee, and the western quarter of the nation; it will be below normal elsewhere. Snowfall will be above normal from Boston to Atlanta, from Upper Michigan to northeast Nebraska, from the Dallas—Fort Worth Metro-

June through August temperatures will be

plex northward to southeast Kansas and east-

sylvania to central Illinois, in eastern Oklaho-

ward to western Tennessee, in the Intermountain Region, in the Pacific Northwest, and in

the higher elevations of the Desert Southwest and Pacific Southwest; it will be near or below normal elsewhere.

April and May will be warmer than normal, on average, everywhere except in the

above normal, on average, in nearly the entire nation, with the northern Intermountain Re-

gion the only exception. Rainfall will be below normal from northern New England into the eastern Dakotas, from Texas and Oklaho-

ma through the Desert Southwest, in southern Florida, and in the northern Pacific Northwest;

it will be at or above normal elsewhere.

September and October will be cooler than normal in the Southeast, from southwest Pennma, the Intermountain Region, and from Las

Vegas to San Diego, and near or above normal elsewhere. Rainfall will be above normal

in Maine and Florida, from Indianapolis to Denver, and from San Francisco through the Pacific Northwest, and near or below normal elsewhere.

To learn how we make our weather predictions and to get a summary of the results of our forecast for last winter, turn to page 202.

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Astronomy

Eclipses H There will be four eclipses in 2014, two of the Sun and two of the Moon. Solar eclipses are visible only in certain areas and require eye protection to be viewed safely. Lunar eclipses are technically visible from the entire night side of Earth, but during a penumbral eclipse, the dimming of the Moon’s illumination is slight. Lunar eclipse

Solar eclipse

MOON’S ORBIT>-~~

April 15: Total eclipse of the Moon. This eclipse

will be visible from North America. The Moon will enter the penumbra at 12:52 A.M. EDT. Totality begins at 3:06 a.m. The Moon will leave the penumbra at 6:39 A.M. April 29: Annular eclipse of the Sun. This an-

nular eclipse will not be visible from North America but will be visible from Antarctica and Australia. October 8: Total eclipse of the Moon. This eclipse will be fully visible from Hawaii and western North America (including Alaska). Observers in the eastern areas will see only part of the eclipse before the Moon sets below the horizon. The Moon will enter the penumbra at 4:14 a.m., EDT. Totality begins at 6:25 a.m., and the Moon will leave the penumbra at 9:35 A.M.

October 23: Partial eclipse of the Sun. This partial solar eclipse will be visible from most of North America. Western parts will see the full extent of the eclipse, while eastern areas will see only the very beginning before the Sun sets below the horizon. The eclipse will begin at 3:38 p.m. EDT and will end at 7:52 p.m. The times during which the eclipse is visible from any specific location will vary significantly, typically starting between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m.

Full-Moon Dates (Eastern Time)

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The Moon’s path across the sky changes with the seasons. Full Moons are very high in the sky (at midnight) between November and February and very low in the sky between May and July.

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horizon’s south The transit time the nearest date day. To find the convert its time

point) at Boston on the dates shown. on any other date differs from that of listed by approximately 4 minutes per time of a star’s transit for your location, at Boston using Key letter C (see Time

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The Twilight Zone wilight is the time when the sky is partially illuminated preceding sunrise and again following sunset. The ranges of twilight are defined according to the Sun’s position below the horizon. Civil twilight occurs when the Sun’s center is between the horizon and 6 degrees below the horizon (visually, the horizon is clearly defined). Nautical twilight occurs when the center is between 6 and 12 degrees below the horizon (the horizon is indistinct). Astronomical twilight oc-

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when it is best to view Mercury. Approximate rise and set times for other days can be found by interpolation. Use the Key letters at the right of each listing to convert the times for other localities (see pages 116 and 252). For all planet rise and set times by zip code, visit Almanac.com/Astronomy.

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tive aroma of flowers fills the air, and many schools and colleges are out of session, making it easier for families to attend the event—which are all practical reasons, too.

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Snow showers, cold. 15-20 A few showers, mild. 21—24 Rain, then snow showers, cold. 25—27 Indianapolis Po Rainy, mild. 28-30 Snow showers, cold.

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5-6 Rain cold. cold.

JUNE 2014: Temp. 66° (avg.); precip. 4.5" (1" above avg.). 1-5 Sunny, turning hot. 6-10 Tstorms, then sunny, cool. 11-17 A few t-storms, cool. 18—20 Sunny, hot. 21-26 T-storms, then sun-

ny, cool. 27-30 Heavy t-storms, then sunny, cool.

JULY 2014: Temp. 73° (2° above avg.); precip.

JAN. 2014: Temp. 30.5° (3.5° above avg.); pre-

3.5" (avg.). 1-5 Scattered t-storms, warm. 6-10 Sunny, hot. 11-16 Tropical rains, then sunny,

cip. 3" (0.5" above avg.). 1-5 Snow showers, cold. 6-11 Flurries, then rain and wet snow, mild. 12-16 Showers, mild. 17—20 Snow showers, cold. 21—24

warm. 17—22 Sunny, nice.

Rainy, mild. 25—31 Snowy periods, cold.

AUG. 2014: Temp. 73° (4° above avg.); precip.

FEB. 2014: Temp. 29° (2° above avg.); precip. 0.5" (1.5" below avg.). 14 Snow showers, mild.

5-8 Lake snows, cold. 9-18 Sunny, then sprinkles and flurries, turning mild. 19-25 Snow, then sun-

ny, seasonable. 26-28 Snow showers, cold. MAR. 2014: Temp. 37° (1° below avg.); precip. 3" (avg.). 1-7 Snow showers, cold. 8-11 Sunny,

turing warm. 12—15 Rainy periods, cooler. 16-19 Rain, then wet snow, colder. 20-24 Snow showers,

cold. 25-31 Rainy periods, mild.

APR. 2014: Temp. 52.5° (4.5° above avg.); precip. 3" (0.5" below avg.). 1-6 T-storms, then sunny, mild. 7-10 Scattered t-storms, warm. 11-17 Rain, then showers, cool. 18-20 Sunny, turning

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OCT. 2014: Temp. 51.5° (1° above avg. east, 2° below west); precip. 2" (0.5" below avg. east, 1” above west). 1-2 Sunny, warm. 3—8 T-storms, then sunny, cool. 9-17 Scattered showers, chilly. 18—23

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warm. 14-20 Sunny, cool. 21—25 Sunny, very warm. 26-31 A couple of t-storms;

DEC. 2013: Temp. 33° (4° below avg.); precip.

cool, then warm.

2.5" (0.5" below avg.). 1-4 Snow, then sunny, cold. 5-10 Rain to snow, then flurries, cold. 11— 14 Snow to rain, then sunny, cold. 15—16 Rainy, mild. 17—19 Snow showers, cold. 20-31 Rain, then snow showers, cold.

JUNE 2014: Temp. 74° (3° above avg.); precip.

JAN. 2014: Temp. 38° (5° above avg.); precip. 3" (avg.). 1-8 Snow showers, cold. 9-11 Rainy,

JULY 2014: Temp. 77° (2° above avg.); precip.

5" (1" above avg.). 1-4 T-storms, then sunny, nice. 5-8 Scattered t-storms, warm. 9-14 Sunny, cool.

15-23 Scattered t-storms, turning hot and humid. 24-26 Sunny, cool. 27—30 T-storms, warm.

3.5" (0.5" below avg.). 1-5 Scattered t-storms,

mild. 12-17 Showers, quite mild. 18—20 Flurries, cold. 21-26 Rainy periods, mild. 27-31 Rain and snow showers; cold, then mild.

rains. 15-19 Sunny, warm. 20-26 A few showers, warm. 27—31 Sunny, cool.

FEB. 2014: Temp. 32° (2° below avg.); precip.

AUG. 2014: Temp. 75° (2° above avg.); precip. 6"

1" (2" below avg.). 1-9 Rain, then snow showers, cold. 10-15 Sunny, mild. 16-23 Snow showers, cold. 24-28 Sunny, cold.

nice. 8-12 A few t-storms, warm. 13-24 Sunny;

warm. 6-10 Sunny, turning hot. 11-14 Tropical

(2" above avg.). 1-7 Heavy t-storms, then sunny,

cool, then warm. 25—31 Scattered t-storms, warm.

MAR. 2014: Temp. 42° (3° below avg.); precip.

SEPT. 2014: Temp. 66° (1° below avg.); precip.

2.5" (1.5" below avg.). 1-9 Rain to snow, then sunny, cold. 10-12 Sunny, warm. 13-15 Showers, then sunny, cool. 16—21 T-storms, then sunny, cool. 22—24 Showers, then flurries, cold. 25-31 A couple of showers, mild.

2" (1" below avg.). 1-6 Showers, then sunny, cool. 7-9 Sunny, warm. 10—14 T-storms, then sunny, cool. 15—23 Scattered showers, cool. 24-28 Showers, then sunny, warm. 29-30 Rainy, cool.

APR. 2014: Temp. 59° (4° above avg.); precip. 2.5" (1" below avg.). 1-2 Sunny, warm. 3-5 Tstorms, then sunny, cool. 6-11 Scattered t-storms, warm. 12—18 Showers, then sunny, cool. 19-20

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Summer will be much hotter than normal, with near-normal rainfall despite a hurricane threat in early to mid-July. The hottest periods will occur from mid-June through early July and in early August. September and October will be drier than normal, with near-normal temperatures. NOV. 2013: Temp. 53° (2° below : avg.); . JF precip reci : 6" (1" above

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cool. 5-10 T-storms, then sunny, cold.

11-15 Rainy periods, mild. 16-18 Sunny, cold. 19-24 Rainy periods, mild. 25-31 Rain and snow showers north, showers south; cold.

JAN. 2014: Temp. 51° (6° above avg.); precip. 5.5" (3" above avg. north, 2" below south). 1-7 Showers, then sunny, cool. 8-12 Rainy, mild. 13-16 Showers, mild. 17-19 Sunny, cool. 20-26

Snow to rain north, rainy periods elsewhere; turning warm. 27—31 T-storms, mild.

FEB. 2014: Temp. 43° (4° below avg.); precip. 4" (1" below avg.). 1-6 Rain, then sunny, cold. 7-11 Snow north, rain south, then sunny, cold. 12-19

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cip. 5" (1" below avg.). 1-7 Showers, cold. 8-11 Rainy, cool. 12-15 Sunny, nice. 16-21 Rain, then

3" (2" below avg.). 1-7 Scattered t-storms, warm.

8-10 Sunny, cool. 11-17 Scattered t-storms north, sunny south; hot. 18-21 Sunny, hot. 22-30 Scattered t-storms, hot.

JULY 2014: Temp. 82.5° (3° above avg. north, avg. south); precip. 5.5" (1" above avg.). 1-10 Isolated t-storms, hot north; daily t-storms, seasonable south. 11-14 Hurricane threat. 15-20 A few t-storms, warm and humid. 21-31 Sunny, cool north; a few t-storms south.

AUG. 2014: Temp. 80.5° (0.5° above avg.); precip. 5.5" (1" above avg.). 1-6 Scattered t-storms; hot, then cool. 7—15 Daily t-storms, very warm and humid. 16-22 Sunny, nice. 23-31 Daily t-storms north, isolated t-storms south; warm and humid.

SEPT. 2014: Temp. 76° (avg.); precip. 3.5" (1" below avg.). 1-8 Sunny, cool. 9-17 Scattered tstorms, warm. 18—22 Sunny, cool. 23-30 Scattered

26-31 Scattered t-storms, warm.

t-storms, warm. OCT. 2014: Temp. 65° (avg.); precip. 1" (2" be-

APR. 2014: Temp. 65° (2° above avg.); precip.

low avg.). 1-5 Sunny, warm. 6—12 T-storms, then

5.5" (1" above avg.). 1-3 T-storms, warm. 4-6 Sunny, nice. 7-11 A few t-storms, warm. 12-15 Sunny, cool. 16—20 Sunny north, t-storms south;

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(avg.). 1-5 Snow showers, then sunny, cold. 6-8 Sunny, mild. 9-13 Snow, then flurries, cold. 14-19 Rain and snow showers, mild. 20-24

MAY 2014: Temp. 54° (1° below avg.); precip. 2.5" (0.5" below avg.). 1-5 Rain to wet snow, then sunny,

Sunny, mild. 25-30 Snow, then flurries, cold. DEC.

2013:

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14.5° (1° above avg. east,

4° below west); precip. 2" (1" above avg.). 14 Sunny, turning mild. 5—9 Snow, then sunny, cold. 10-15 Snowstorms, mild. 16-19 Snow showers, very cold. 20-28 Snow showers; mild, then very

cold. 29-31 Snowy, cold. JAN. 2014: Temp. 14.5° (7° above avg. east, 4°

below west); precip. 1.5" (0.5" above avg.). 1-5 Snowstorm, then flurries east; snow showers, then sunny, frigid west. 6-9 Rain and snow east, snow

west; quite mild. 10-17 Periods of rain and snow, quite mild east; snow showers, very cold west.

cool. 6-8 Sunny, warm. 9-18 T-storms, then a few showers, cool. 19-21 Sunny, hot. 22—31 T-storms, then a few showers, turning cool.

JUNE 2014: Temp. 59° (4° below avg.); precip. 3" (1" below avg.). 1-3 Sunny, cool. 4-9 Showers east, sunny west; cool. 10-17 A few showers, cool. 18—26 Rain, then a couple of showers, cool. 27-30 Sunny, cool.

JULY 2014: Temp. 70° (2° above avg.); precip. 3.5" (avg.). 1-6 T-storms, then sunny, hot. 7-11 Heavy t-storms, then sunny, cooler. 12—20 Scattered t-storms, cool. 21—26 Sunny; cool east, warm west. 27-31 A couple of t-storms, warm.

18-23 Snow showers; cold, then mild east; cold west. 2426 Flurries, mild east; sunny, frigid west. 27-31 Snow showers, cold.

AUG. 2014: Temp. 71° (5° above avg.); precip. 2.5" (1" below avg.). 1-9 Sunny, turning hot.

FEB. 2014: Temp. 16° (3° above avg.); precip. 0.7" (0.3" below avg.). 1-3 Flurries, turning mild.

T-storms, then sunny, warm. 29-31 T-storms, turn-

4-7 Heavy snow east; flurries, cold west. 8-19 Flurries, mild. 20-25 Snow, then sunny, cold.

26-28 Snowy periods, cold. MAR. 2014: Temp. 23° (5° below avg.); precip.

10-12 T-storms. 13-20 Sunny, turning hot. 21-28

ing cool. SEPT. 2014: Temp. 60° (2° above avg.); precip. 2.5" (0.5" below avg.). 1-3 Scattered t-storms,

1" (0.5" below avg.). 1-9 Snow showers, then

cool. 4-7 Sunny, warm. 8-11 Showers, cool. 12-14 Sunny, warm. 15—22 Showers, then sunny,

sunny, cold. 10-11 Sunny, mild. 12-15 Snow, then sunny, cold. 16-24 Rain to snow, then sunny, cold.

cool. 23—30 A few t-storms, turning warm.

25-31 Flurries, then sunny, turning warm. APR. 2014: Temp. 48° (6° above avg.); precip.

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Heartland SUMMARY: Winter temperatures will be colder than normal, especially in the north, with the coldest periods in mid- and late December, early January, mid-January, and early March. Precipitation will be slightly below normal in the north and above in the south, while snowfall will be below normal in the central portion of the region, but above normal in the north and south. The snowiest periods will be in early November, late December, mid-January, early to mid-February, and late February. April and May will be warmer and drier than normal. Summer will be hotter and rainier than normal, with the hottest periods in early and late July and in mid- to late August. September and October will be slightly rainier than normal, with near-normal temperatures. NOV. 2013: Temp. 42° (1° below

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JUNE 2014: Temp. 72° (avg.); precip. 7.5" (3"

JAN. 2014: Temp. 31.5° (avg. north, 5° above

turning warm.

south); precip. 2" (avg. north, 1.5" above south). 1-5 Sunny, cold. 6-9 Rainy periods, mild. 10-15

JULY 2014: Temp. 78° (1° above avg.); pre-

Rain and snow showers, mild. 16-19 Rain to snow, cold. 20-24 Snow showers north; rainy,

above avg.).

1-3 Showers, cool. 4-13 T-storms,

then sunny, cool.

14-19 A couple of t-storms,

20-30 Several t-storms; turning

cool north, hot south.

Rain and snow showers, mild.

cip. 3.5" (0.5" below avg.). 1-8 T-storms, then sunny, hot. 9-15 Scattered t-storms, then sunny, cool. 16-28 T-storms, then sunny, cool. 29-31 Tstorms, hot.

FEB. 2014: Temp. 31° (avg.); precip. 1" (0.5"

AUG. 2014: Temp. 78° (3° above avg.); precip.

below avg.). 1-6 Snow north, rain south, then sunny, cold. 7-13 Snow, then sunny, cold. 14-19 Snow north, rain south, then sunny, mild. 20-26 Rain to snow, then sunny, cold. 27—28 Rain and snow, cold.

3" (0.5" below avg.). 1-5 T-storms, then sunny, cool. 6-14 Scattered t-storms, warm. 15—23 Sunny; cool, then hot. 24-31 A few t-storms, warm.

mild south. 25-29 Sunny, turning mild. 30-31

SEPT. 2014: Temp. 69° (2° above avg.); precip.

MAR. 2014: Temp. 40° (4° below avg.); precip. 2" (0.5" below avg.). 1-11 Flurries, then sunny;

3" (0.5" below avg.). 14 Showers, cool. S—7 Sunny, warm. 8-13 T-storms, then sunny, cool. 14-18 A couple of t-storms, cool. 19—27 T-storms, then

cold, then warm. 12—21 Rain and wet snow north,

sunny, warm. 28-30 T-storms, turning cool.

rainy periods south; cool. 22-24 Sunny, cold.

OCT. 2014: Temp. 54° (2° below avg.); precip.

25-31 Showers, warm.

4" (1" above avg.). 1-3 Rainy periods, warm.

APR. 2014: Temp. 58° (4° above avg.); precip.

4-10 Heavy t-storms, then sunny, chilly. 11-21

3.5" (1" above avg. north, 1" below south). 1-5 Rain, then sunny, warm. 6-11 A few t-storms,

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mid- to late December, early January, and early to mid-February, while the snowiest periods across the north will occur in mid- to late December and mid-February. April and May will be slightly warmer and rainier than normal, on average. Summer will be hotter and slightly drier than normal, with pockets of major drought likely. The hottest periods will be in early July, mid- to late July, and early to mid-August. Hurricanes should stay east and south of Texas.

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JAN. 2014: Temp. 56° (7° above avg.); precip. 1" (1" below avg.). 1-7 Sunny; cold, then mild. 8-15 Rain, then sunny, warm. 16-18 Showers, then sunny, cool. 19-26 Occasional rain; warm,

MAY 2014: Temp. 72° (1° below avg.); precip. 4.5" (2" below avg. north, 1" above south). 1-11 A few t-storms, cool. 12-17 Sunny, nice. 18-25 Scattered t-storms, warm. 26-31

T-storms, then sunny, cool.

JUNE 2014: Temp. 82° (3° above avg.); precip. 2" (2" below avg.). 1-3 Sunny, nice. 4—11 A few t-storms, cool north; sunny, warm south. 12-30 Sunny, hot, isolated t-storms.

JULY 2014: Temp. 84° (3° above avg.); precip. 3" (avg.). 1-12 Sunny, hot, Gulf t-storms. 13-19 Scattered t-storms; cooler north, hot south. 20-23 Sunny; cool north, hot south. 24-31 Scattered tstorms; hot south, warm north.

then cool. 27—31 Sunny, turning warm. FEB. 2014: Temp. 48° (2° below avg.); precip.

AUG. 2014: Temp. 83° (2° above avg.); precip.

3.5" (1.5" above avg.). 1-5 Sunny, mild. 6-10 Rain and wet snow north, heavy rain south, then sunny, cold. 11-18 Rain, then sunny, turning mild. 19-22 Sunny, cold north; drizzle south. 23-28

tered t-storms, hot. 16—27 A few t-storms, turning cooler. 28-31 Sunny, warm.

Snow, then showers north, rainy periods south; cool.

3.5" (J" above avg.). 1-6 Sunny, hot. 7-15 Scat-

SEPT. 2014: Temp. 77.5° (1.5° above avg.); precip. 3" (0.5" below avg.). 1-6 Scattered t-storms; cool north, hot south. 7-13 T-storms; cool north,

warm south. 14~26 T-storms, then sunny, warm.

MAR. 2014: Temp. 56° (3° below avg.); precip. 2" (0.5" below avg.). 1-9 Periods of rain and snow north, rain south; chilly. 10-14 Sunny, cool. 15— 20 Rain, then sunny, cool. 21-24 Showers, cool. 25-31 Sunny, then showers, warm.

27-30 T-storms, then sunny, cool north; a few tstorms, warm south. OCT. 2014: Temp. 66° (4° below avg. north, 2°

above south); precip. 3.5" (0.5" below avg.). 1-3

APR. 2014: Temp. 67.5° (1.5° above avg.); precip. 4" (2" above avg. north, avg. south). 1-3

Sunny north, t-storms south; warm. 4-9 T-storms, then sunny, cool. 10-19 Scattered t-storms, cool north; sunny, warm south. 20-31 T-storms, then

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High Plains SUMMARY: Winter temperatures will be much colder than normal across the north, but milder than normal in the south, with the coldest periods in mid- and late December, early to mid-January, late

February, and early March. Precipitation and snowfall will be below normal, with the snowiest periods in mid-December and mid- to late February. April and May will be much warmer and slightly drier than normal. Summer temperatures will be about one degree hotter than normal, on average, with rainfall slightly above normal in the north and slightly below in the south. The hottest periods will be in early July, midto late July, and early and mid-August. September will be warmer than normal, followed by a cooler-than-normal October. Precipitation will be above normal in the south, below in the north. NOV. above

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south); precip. 1" (avg.). 1-3 Rain to snow. 4-5 Sunny, mild. 6-12 Rain and snow, then sunny, cold.

ers, then sunny, warm. 8—14 Rainy periods, cool north; sunny, turning hot south. 15-22 Showers, then sunny,

13-17 Sunny, mild. 18-27 Rain and snow showers; mild north, cold south. 28-30 Sunny, cold.

warm. 23—31 - then hot.

DEC. 2013: Temp. 27.5° (4° below avg. north, 3° above south); precip. 0.5" (avg.).

, JUNE 2014: Temp. 64° (3° below avg.); precip. 4" (1" above avg.). 1-5

1-3 Sunny, mild. 4~7 Rain to snow, then sunny, cold. 8-11 Snow showers, mild. 12-16

Rainy, chilly north; sunny, warm south. 6-12 Sunny north, t-storms south; cool.

Snowy periods, cold. 17-20 Snow showers, cold north; showers, mild south.

Scattered t-storms; cool,

13-22 Rainy periods, cool north; sunny, - hot south. 23-26 Sunny; cool north, hot

21-24 Snow

showers, very cold. 25-31 Snowy periods,

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turning mild.

JULY

2014:

Temp. 74° (2° above avg.);

JAN. 2014: Temp. 28° (7° below avg. north, T° above south); precip. 0.2" (0.3" below avg.).

precip. 2" (1" above avg. north, 1" below south) 1-6 Sunny, turning hot. 7-13 T-storms,

1-4 Snow showers, very cold. 5—15 Snow showers,

then sunny, cooler. 14-23 Scattered t-storms; cool north, hot south. 24-28 A couple of t-storms, hot. 29-31 Sunny, cool north; t-storms south.

very cold north; sunny, warm south. 16-22 Snow showers, very cold north; sunny, cold, then warm

south. 23—28 Sunny; cold, then mild. 29-31 Snow

FEB. 2014: Temp. 26° (2° below avg.); precip.

AUG. 2014: Temp. 75° (4° above avg.); precip. 1.5" (0.5" below avg.). 1-3 Sunny, hot. 4-11 Tstorms, then sunny, warm. 12—14 Sunny, hot. 15—

1" (0.5" above avg.). 1-5 Sunny; cold north, seasonable south. 6-14 Snow showers, cold. 15—21

20 Sunny, hot north; t-storms, cool south. 21-31 Isolated t-storms; cool, then warm.

showers, cold north; sunny, warm south.

Sunny, cold north; snowy periods central; showers, warm south. 22—28 Snowy periods, cold.

SEPT. 2014: Temp. 64° (3° above avg.); precip. 1.7" (0.5" below avg. north, 1" above south). 1-5

MAR. 2014: Temp. 37° (2° below avg.); precip.

Sunny, warm

0.5" (0.5" below avg.). 1-6 Snow showers, cold.

7-10 Sunny, mild north; snowy periods south.

6-9 T-storms, then sunny, cool. 10-15 Scattered t-storms; warm, then cool. 16-24 Sunny, warm.

11-14 Sunny, warm. 15—22 Snow showers, cold. 23-31 Sunny, turning warm.

25-30 Rain to wet snow, then sunny, cool. OCT. 2014: Temp. 46° (3° below avg.); precip.

APR. 2014: Temp. 53° (5° above avg.); precip. 2"

1.5" (avg. north, 1" above south). 1-10 Rain to snow, then sunny, cold. 11-16 Showers, mild.

(avg.). 1-3 Showers, then sunny, warm. 4-9 Showers, mild. 10-17 Sunny, turning warm. 18—21 Rain and snow, then sunny, cool. 22—25 Showers, mild.

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17-22 Snow showers north, rainy periods south; chilly. 23-31 Rain and snow, then sunny, mild.

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Intermountain SUMMARY: Winter will be much snowier than normal, with near-normal rainfall. The snowiest periods will be in late November, early and mid-December, mid- and late January, mid-February, and early March. Temperatures will be below normal in the north and near normal in the south, with the coldest periods in mid-December, mid- and late January, and in early to mid-February. April and May will be drier and much warmer than normal. Summer will be cooler than normal in the north and warmer in the south, with the hottest periods in mid-July and early to mid-August. Rainfall will be close to normal. September and October will be slightly cooler than normal, on average, with near-normal rainfall.

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lowavg.); precip. 1" (0.5" above avg.). 1-7 Scattered showers, turning cooler. 8-13 Sunny, hot

23-30 Sunny, cool.

JULY 2014: Temp. 74.5° (avg. north, 3° above south); precip. 0.5" (avg.). 1-10 Sunny north, a

sunny south; turning cold. 12-17 Flurries, very cold north; rain, then snowy periods south. 18-28

few t-storms south; cool. 11—21 Isolated t-storms, hot. 22-31 Sunny, turning cool north; scattered tstorms, warm south.

Snow, then sunny, cold. 29-31 north, snowstorm south; cold.

showers

AUG. 2014: Temp. 73.5° (avg. north, 3° above

FEB. 2014: Temp. 33° (1° below avg.); precip.

north, scattered t-storms south; warm. 14-18 Sunny, hot north; t-storms south. 19-24 Sunny, cool. 25-31 Isolated t-storms; cool, then warm.

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2" (avg. north, 1" above south). 1-5 Rain and wet snow, mild north; sunny, cool south. 6-16 Snow showers, cold. 17-28 Snow showers north; periods of rain and snow south; chilly.

MAR. 2014: Temp. 42° (1° below avg.); precip. 1" (0.5" below avg.). 1-7 Sunny north, snowstorms south; cold. 8-14 Sunny, cool. 15-23 Snow showers, then sunny, mild. 24-31 A few showers; mild, then cool.

APR. 2014: Temp. 51° (2° above avg.); precip. 0.5" (0.5" below avg.). 1-9 A couple of showers, seasonable.

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OCT. 2014: Temp. 50° (1° below avg.); precip. 1.5" (0.5" above avg.). 1-6 Rain to wet snow, then sunny, cool. 7-13 Sunny north, rainy periods south; cool. 14-19 Sunny; warm, then cool.

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NOV. 2013: Temp. 54° (2°

MAY 2014: Temp. 77° (3° above avg.); precip. 0.4" (0.1"

below avg.); precip. 1.3" (0.3" above avg.). 1-5 Show-

below avg.). 1-4 Sunny, warm. 5-16 Isolated t-storms, warm. 17-31 Sunny, hot.

ers, then sunny, cool. 6-11 T-storms,

then sunny, cool. 12-17 Sunny, mild. 18—23 Periods of rain and snow east, sunny west;

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cool. 24-30 Showers, then sunny, cool.

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DEC. 2013: Temp. 45° (3° below avg.); precip. 0.3" (0.2" below avg.). 1-9 Sunny; cold, then mild. 10-17 Rain and snow showers, cold. 18—24 Rain and snow, then sunny, cold. 25-31 Sunny,

turning mild. JAN. 2014: Temp. 50° (5° above avg. east, 1° below west); precip. 0.8" (0.3" below avg. east, 1" above west). 1-5 Sunny, cool. 6-10 Showers, then sunny, mild. 11-21 Sunny east, showers west; mild. 22—28 Sunny, cool. 29-31 Showers, chilly.

FEB. 2014: Temp. 48° (3° below avg.); precip. 0.5" (avg.). 1-4 Sunny, cool. 5-10 Scattered showers, seasonable. 11-18 Showers, cool. 19— 24 Sunny, cool. 25-28 Rain and snow showers,

chilly.

precip. 0.4" (0.1" below avg.). 1-10 Scattered t-storms, cool. 11-22 Sunny, nice. 23-30 Isolated t-storms, hot.

JULY 2014: Temp. 89° (2° above avg.); precip. 1.3" (0.2" below avg.). 1-3 T-storms, cool east; sunny west. 4-8 Isolated t-storms, hot. 9-14 Scattered t-storms, not as hot. 15—24 Isolated t-storms, hot. 25—31 Scattered t-storms, hot and humid.

AUG. 2014: Temp. 87° (2° above avg.); precip. 1" (0.5" below avg.). 1-6 Isolated t-storms, hot and humid. 7—16 Scattered t-storms, hot and humid. 17—21 Sunny, hot. 22—25 T-storms, cool east; sunny, warm west. 26-31 Sunny, hot.

SEPT. 2014: Temp. 80° (3° above avg. east, 1° below west); precip. 0.7" (0.3" below avg.). 1-3

MAR. 2014: Temp. 56° (2° below avg.); precip. 0.5" (avg.). 1-6 Sunny east, rainy periods west;

Sunny, hot. 4-12 A few t-storms, turning cool.

chilly. 7-14 Sunny; cool, then warmer. 15-19 Showers, then sunny, cool. 20-31 Sunny, warm.

OCT. 2014: Temp. 67° (1° below avg.); precip. 1.2" (0.2" above avg.). 14 Sunny; warm east,

APR. 2014: Temp. 64° (1° below avg.); precip.

cool west. 5—10 T-storms, then sunny, cool. 11-17

1.5" (1" above avg.). 1-5 Scattered t-storms, cool.

T-storms, then sunny, cool. 18-21 A couple of showers, warm. 22—28 Sunny, cool. 29-31 Showers, mild.

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Pacific Northwest SUMMARY: Winter will be much snowier than normal, with frequent snows from mid-December through the first three weeks of January. Rainfall will be near normal, with temperatures below normal, on average, in the north and above in the south. The coldest periods will occur in mid- to late December,

early to mid-January, and mid- to late January. April and May will be much warmer and slightly drier than normal. Summer will be warmer than normal, with the hottest periods in early to mid-June and mid-July. Rainfall will be below normal in the north, above in the south.

September and October will be warmer and rainier than normal.

MAY 2014: Temp. 61° (6° above avg.); precip. 2" (0.5" above avg. north, 0.5" below south). 1-5 Sunny,

NOV. 2013: Temp. 49° (2° above avg.); precip. 7.5” (2” above avg. north, avg. south). 1-5 Rainy, mild. 6-9 Showers, cool. 10-19 Rainy

warm. 6-10 warm. 11-16

periods, mild. 20-21 Sunny, mild. 22—25 Rain,

turning cool. 26-30 Stormy, heavy rain.

hot.

DEC. 2013: Temp. 44° (2° below avg. north, 4° above south); precip. 9.5" (3"

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JUNE 2014: Temp. 63° (3° above avg.); precip. 2" (avg. north, 1" above south). 1-11 Showers, then sunny, hot. 12-14

rain south; turning cold. 23—25 Snowstorm, very cold. 26-31 Rainy, turn-

Misty, mild. 15-21 Showers, cool. 22-30 Scattered showers,

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periods,

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JULY 2014: Temp. 65° (avg.); precip. 0.2"

JAN. 2014: Temp. 38° (5° below avg.); precip. 7.5" (avg. north, 3"

(0.3" below avg.). 1-8 Showers, then sun-

above south). 1-4 Rain, heavy south; cool. 5—11 Snow and rain, then flurries, cold. 12-17 Snow, then sunny, very cold. 18—24 Snowstorm, then

ny, cool. 9-14 Isolated t-storms, warm. 15— 17 Sunny, hot. 18-25 Scattered showers, then sunny, cool. 26-31 Showers, then sunny, cool.

flurries, very cold. 25-31 Rainy periods, cool.

AUG.

FEB. 2014: Temp. 44° (avg.); precip. 3.5" (1.5"

(0.5" below avg.). 1-7 Sunny, turning warm.

2014: Temp. 66° (avg.); precip. 0.5"

below avg.). 14 Rain, some heavy, seasonable.

8-16 Scattered showers, then sunny, warm.

5-9 Showers, turning mild. 10-15 Sunny, cool.

23 Showers, then sunny, cool. 24-31 Scattered showers, then sunny, warm.

16—23 A few showers; cool, then mild. 24-28

Rainy periods, cool.

SEPT.

MAR. 2014: Temp. 49° (2° above avg.); precip. 2.5" (1.5" below avg.). 1-7 Sunny, cool. 8-15 Rainy periods; mild, then cool.

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cool.

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warm. 22—31 Rainy periods, turning cool.

turning warm. 30 Rain.

APR. 2014: Temp. 51° (1° above avg.); precip.

OCT. 2014: Temp. 56° (2° above avg.); precip.

2.5" (0.5" below avg.). 1-5 Showers, mild. 6-8 Sunny, seasonable. 9-16 Occasional rain, cool.

3" (avg.). 1-7 Rain, then sunny, cool. 8-12 Rain, then sunny, cool. 13-14 Sunny, warm. 15-23 Rainy periods; cool, then mild. 24-27 Showers, mild. 28-31 Rainy, mild.

17-19 Sunny, cool. 20—26 Rain and drizzle, cool. 27-30 Sunny, turning warm.

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Pacific Southwest SUMMARY: Winter will be much rainier and cooler than normal, with mountain snowfall much greater than normal. Most of the rain, snow, and storminess will come in January and February, when storm

damage will be a concern. The coldest periods will be in mid-December and mid- to late January. April and May will be warmer and drier than normal. Summer will be warmer than normal, with near-normal rainfall. The hottest periods will be in the

latter half of July and mid- to late August. September and October will bring near-normal temperatures, on average, with rainfall above normal in the north and below in the south.

NOV. 2013: Temp. 58° (1° below

Sunny,

avg. north, 1° above south); precip.

showers, cool south.

1" (0.5" below avg.). 1-3 Sunny,

MAY

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Temp. 66° (2° above avg.);

precip. 0.4" (0.1" below avg.). 1-5 Sunny, hot inland; A.M. clouds and sprinkles, P.M. sun coast. 6-10 Sunny, warm north; A.M.

clouds and sprinkles, P.M. sun south. 11— 19 Sunny, warm inland; A.M. clouds and sprinkles, P.M. sun coast. 20-27 Sunny; warm north, cool south. 28-31 Sunny, warm inland; A.M. clouds and sprinkles,

DEC. 2013: Temp. 54° (avg.); precip. 2" (1" above

cool.

avg. north, 0.5" below

south). 1-5 Rain, then sunny, cool. 6-10 Heavy rain north, showers south; cool.

P.M. sun coast.

11-15 Rainy periods, cold. 16-21 Rainy

JUNE 2014: Temp. 68° (avg.); precip.

periods, some heavy; cool. 22—31 Clouds

0.1" (avg.). 1-3 Scattered showers, cool. 4-8 Sunny, warm inland; fog and driz-

and drizzle, cool north; sunny, turning warm south.

JAN. 2014: Temp. 53° (1° below avg.); precip. 8" (5" above avg.). 1-3 Clouds and occa-

sional drizzle, cool. 4-10 Heavy rain, then sunny, chilly. 11-14 Heavy rain, mild. 15-16 Showers. 17-19 Heavy rain, mild. 20-24 Rainy periods, cold. 25—27 Sunny, cool. 28-31 Rainy, cool.

zle coast. 9-12 Sunny, warm. 13-17 Sunny inland; A.M. clouds and sprinkles, P.M. sun coast; cool. 18—21 Sunny, cool. 22-30 Sunny; warm, then cool.

JULY 2014: Temp. 72° (1° above avg.); precip.

FEB. 2014: Temp. 52.5° (2.5° below avg.); pre-

0.03" (0.03" above avg.). 1-6 Scattered showers, seasonable. 7-16 Sunny; turning hot inland, warm coast. 17—25 Sunny, nice. 26-31 Sunny, warm.

cip. 5" (2" above avg.). 1-3 Sunny, mild. 4-8

AUG. 2014: Temp. 72° (1° above avg.); precip.

Heavy rain north, showers south; cool. 9-15 Rainy periods, cool. 16-21 Rain, some heavy, cool. 22-28 Showers, then sunny, cool.

0.1" (avg.). 1-7 Isolated showers, warm.

MAR. 2014: Temp. 56° (1° below avg.); precip. 2.5" (0.5" above avg. east, 1" below west). 14

Sunny north, rainy periods south; cool. 5—8 Rain, then sunny, cool. 9-12 Showers north, sunny south; cool. 13-20 Showers, then sunny, turning warm. 21—25 Scattered showers, cooler. 26-31

Rainy periods, cool. APR. 2014: Temp. 60° (avg.); precip. 0.7" (0.3" below avg.). 1-8 Showers, then sunny, cool. 9-14 Sunny, turning warm north; A.M. clouds, P.M. sun, south. 15-20 Showers, then sunny, warm. 21—25 a

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he next time you go to a gym, | thank Jack LaLanne’s mother. She gave birth to Jack on September 26, 1914. One day, 15 years later, she got fed up with her short, scrawny son, a junk-food junkie and high school dropout, and hauled him from their San

Many experts warned that such efforts might damage their reproductive health. Throughout

his life, LaLanne

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'@ AT AGE 40, he swam the length of the Golden Gate Bridge underwater, towing 140 pounds of equipment, including air tanks.

Francisco home to a nutrition lecture. The talk inspired the boy to begin studying Gray’s Anatomy and start bodybuilding by working out with weights. People @ AT 45, he did 1,000 push-ups and thought that he was crazy. Even doctors 1,000 chin-ups in 1 hour, 22 minutes. believed that this sort of exertion would @ AT 60, he swam from Alcatraz to San likely lead to a heart attack. Francisco's Fisherman’s Wharf while By the time he was 21, LaLanne handcuffed, shackled, and towing a had opened a health studio (the first 1,000-Ib. boat. of many), complete with a gym, juice bar, and health food store—and people | thought that he was nuttier still. To

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more egg whites. He did not snack. Daily workouts included 2 hours of swimming and weightlifting. (He designed the first leg extension machine, as well as several other pieces of fitness equipment.) Beginning in 1951, LaLanne brought his fitness message to the masses with The Jack LaLanne Show on television.

The program went nationwide in 1959 and continued into the 1980s, airing over 3,000 shows. On the show, he preached

the virtues of drinking fruit and vegetable juices and popularized the thenrevolutionary notion that it was important for women, the disabled, and the elderly

to build strength. In fact, women in the 1950s weren’t encouraged to exercise.

—www.jacklalanne.com

'@ AT 70 (above), handcuffed and shackled again, towing 70 boats carrying a total of 70 people, he swam a mile and a half through California’s Long Beach Harbor. (continued)

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LaLanne’s on-air adages became slogans for viewers of his TV program everywhere: @ Exercise is king, nutrition is queen—put them together and you've got a kingdom.

@ Don't exceed the feed limit. @ Ten seconds on the lips and a lifetime on the hips. @ Better to wear out than to rust out.

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Sandow, purveyor of a

Greek statues. In 1911,

system of exercises with dumbbells, is regarded as the father of bodybuilding. Said to have the perfect male body, he created

he earned the title of “Special Instructor of Physical Culture to the King of England.” Before his death in 1925, Sandow inspired

Through the years, a

many, including a feeble Ellis Island immigrant youngster named Charles

parade of personalities has promoted a variety

Atlas, who lived in

Brooklyn and kept a photograph of Sandow on his bureau. After watching a lion stretch in

of methods and gizmos to lose weight, some more successful than

the Bronx Zoo, Atlas was

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others.

his muscles, using the

| principles of isometric opposition, a type of 4 resistance training that = ee forgoes equipment such Bodybuilder Eugen Sandow as barbells. Atlas’s simple “Dynamic-Tension” quite a Victorian stir mail-order course was with his stage inexpensive and appealed shows, at to the masses, but it also which he flexed bed ES.

his muscles while

wearing a fig leaf and

had its celebrity adherents,

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Dimick built it in an attempt to relieve his chronic back pain. Today,

stationary cyclists gather for spin classes, in which they pedal to pop music and sometimes watch videos that simulate scenery in motion. WALKERS

Borrowing an idea from Teddy Roosevelt, President John F. A 1941 ad promoting Charles

Kennedy challenged the

military and his staff to attempt a 50-mile hike in a day. Press Secretary Pierre Salinger firmly refused, but

Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy accepted his brother’s challenge, hiking through snow and slush along the C&O Canal towpath while wearing leather oxfords! Today, with a wide

assortment of shoes from which to choose, people walk everywhere, wearing

Atlas’s “Dynamic-Tension” bodybuilding system

including King George VI of England, Mahatma Gandhi, and Franklin

Roosevelt, whose birthday Atlas helped to celebrate. By the 1950s, he boasted nearly a million customers around the world. PEDAL PUSHERS A 1930s contraption called the Wonder Cycle Exercisulator required riders to push pedals in an effort to simulate horseback riding. A more modern invention called the iGallop looks much sleeker but works on a similar premise. The Lifecycle, a stationary bike invented by an American chemist named Keene Dimick, came

along in 1968.

pedometers to count daily steps and racking up laps on tracks and in malls. Many prefer treadmills, which has encouraged a few inventors to try to ease the monotony by coming up with treadmill apparatuses that actually travel themselves as someone walks or runs on them. (continued)

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After Jack LaLanne helped to pave the way for women to exercise, women’s gyms, aka “figure salons,” began to open in the 1960s. Many of the machines offered only passive exercise, such as vibrating belts that were supposed to shake pounds away from thighs and other “problem areas.” These belt

calories, folks grab a Hula

Hoop.

body of water weight. Those pounds return as soon as enthusiasts start chugging water.

NO SWEAT Some spas advocate body wraps for health and cleansing. Wrestlers sometimes wear thermal suits for losing weight to reach their weight-class limit, and baseball relief

pitchers wear them to warm up quickly. However, weight loss that results from wearing suits that cause sweating is temporary. It results in little real change (except, perhaps, dehydration) because

Americans started counting their calories after the concept was popularized in 1918 by Dr. Lulu Hunt

instead of eliminating fat,

Peters, a Los Angeles

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by machines developed in the 1850s by Swedish Dr. Gustav Zander, who used

them to rehabilitate injured or disabled workers. The Zander Institutes (first in Stockholm and later around the world) contained 27

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custom machines to help women, the elderly, and others who were excluded

from gymnasiums of the day. Zander’s mechanical horse, in fact, is an early version of the Stairmaster.

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modern diet book, Diet and Health, With Key to

the Calories. Dr. Lulu’s newfangled system helped her to lose 70 pounds.

SHOCKERS Some weight watchers have tried to burn calories by wearing an electrically stimulating abdominal belt that “shocks” abs into shape. Supposedly, wearing such a belt for from 10 to 60 minutes a day will cause your muscles to contract, thus

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avoiding the need for an actual workout. Scientists say that while they tone muscles, they don’t burn

fat. What’s more, most

people’s abdominal muscles are hidden by fat, so no one will notice the

toning. The units can also cause burns and interfere with pacemakers and defibrillators.

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sale may not have contained an actual tapeworm. Rumors spread about opera singer Maria Callas, who shed 66 pounds in 2 years. The source of her weight loss has been heatedly debated; she may have consumed a tapeworm after eating raw meat. “workout” chairs that offer a variety of workout options, such as resistance

pulleys. For another spin on this theme, “Hawaii” or “hula” chairs come equipped with a gyrating seat.

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The picture had been exposed the year before, and it was of their prized Duroc boar hog!

faucet over the water trough running when he arrived. This became almost a daily discovery. Unbeknownst to him, his father had been dealing with the same issue every evening. By Saturday, the barnyard was a flooded, muddy mess when the two arrived. With frustration and anger, the yelling began. Accusations of irresponsibility and hurtful assessments of getting old and forgetful flew back and forth between them. The heated exchange stopped when one of them noticed the bull heading over to get a drink. Both men stared in disbelief as the animal stuck out its tongue and carefully used it to turn the spigot handle. The fresh, cool water spurted up from the well and he lapped happily. After getting his fill, the big beast lumbered away, presumably forgetting to turn off the flow. Father and son laughed heartily, and so has every other farmer who has heard this story.

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—Stacey Pauley, Mooresville, Indiana

SECOND PRIZE: $150 . ack when my husband and father-

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to clean a closet, we found an old Pola-

roid camera with one picture left in it. Having never liked being photographed but with no way to get out of it gracefully, I stood in front of the wood cookstove in their country kitchen. Picture taken, we waited the one minute for it

to develop. I was not especially excited to see the result. Mama Rosie peeled the paper and immediately burst into hysterical laughter. Surprised, Barry went over to look and he, too, burst out laughing. It

was all I could do not to cry, and I just stood there helplessly for what seemed an eternity. Finally, they brought the picture to me and I, too, could only laugh.

in-law were in the cattle business,

they took turns caring for the herd. My husband took the morning shift. His dad looked after the herd in the evening. One summer, my husband began finding the 228

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a lot of misinformation about Tennessee people from comic strips, and she enjoyed poking fun at Mom about her hillbilly ways. Mom had a good sense of humor, and she took Rosie’s ribbing with stoical good grace. Mom’s brain, though, was not idle; she was waiting to

get even. Later, Bill and Rosie came to visit us for Thanksgiving. While Mom was preparing dinner, Bill and Rosie went out for a walk. Mom took the turkey out of the oven, removed the stuffing,

and inserted a stuffed Cornish game hen. Then she restuffed the turkey and placed it back in the oven. At dinnertime, Mom proceeded to remove the stuffing from the turkey. Then, she started to carve the bird. Suddenly, she gasped in horror as she reached in and pulled out the hen. Looking shocked, she exclaimed, “Oh,

what am I going to do? I’ve cooked a pregnant turkey!” Rosie started to cry. It took us two hours to console her and convince her that turkeys lay eggs. —Lucy A. Tharp, Crossville, Tennessee

HONORABLE MENTION [ was 1957. I was in grade 2 and the youngest of a French Roman Catholic family that never ate meat on Friday. That Friday, I could not decide what I wanted in my lunch box. I loved my mother’s homemade bread, and I thought her sliced pickled beets would be just the right taste with it. So the beet sandwich was made and wrapped with care. At lunchtime, all of my classmates were amazed at my pink bread. Where did I get it? Quickly, I had to come up with an answer, so I said, “My parents told me that they love me so much and that I am so special that they make me pink bread to show their love.” That night, the telephone kept ringing while my mother was trying to make our supper. The neighbors wanted to get her “pink bread recipe.” It took a few days for Mother to realize that the beets were the cause of the pink bread that everyone was talking about. I still find myself making tiny beet sandwiches that I toast in the oven for party snacks. —Andrew Pearson, Coweta, Oklahoma ]

ANNOUNCING THE 2014 ESSAY CONTEST TOPIC: MY MOST UNUSUAL COINCIDENCE In 200 words or less, please tell us about your coincidence. See below for details.

ESSAY AND RECIPE CONTEST RULES Cash prizes (first, $250; second, $150; third, $100) will be awarded for the best essay on the subject “My Most Unusual Coincidence” and the best recipe using carrots (see page 50). All entries become the property of Yankee Publishing, which reserves all rights to the material. The deadline for entries is Friday, January 24, 2014. Label “Essay Contest” or “Recipe Contest” and mail to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, P.O. Box 520, Dublin, NH 03444. You can also enter at Almanac.com/EssayContest or Almanac.com/RecipeContest. Include your name, mailing address, and email address. Winners will appear in The 2015 Old Farmer's Almanac and on our Web site, Almanac.com.

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by Heidi Stonehill

Crack These Cryptogram Codes A cryptogram is a communication in code. Here, cipher letters are substituted for “true” letters. To decipher these messages, determine the true letter that each code letter represents. (Hint: Look at the short words first; these might be familiar words such as “a,” “of,” “and,” or “the.”) Each cryptogram here uses a different code. Answers on page 235.

The Old Farmer Says This 19th-century Almanac advice still rings true today. Hint: B = A, K=$

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Heidi Stonehill, senior editor at The Old Farmer’s Almanac, plays puzzles until the cows come home.

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250-300 Ibs.

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6

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16-18 mos.

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12-16 mos.

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with old-fashioned Ways

by Tim Clark ure, old-time farming beliefs and sayings seem crazy today—but some of them are based on thousands of years of practical experience. When this publication began in 1792, the founder, Robert B. Thomas, called

it a Farmer’s Almanac. He did so because farmers had a special interest in knowing certain information, particu-

: Almanac.com), and that other agriculi tural chores should be performed only

i when the stars and planets were in a fa: vorable alignment (see “Secrets of the i Zodiac” on page 246). Such beliefs may seem dubious or : unscientific. We may call them folklore, i superstition, or “old wives’ tales.” : Timing planting by careful observation of natural signs, such as the bloomi ing of other plants or the behavior of

larly the phases of the Moon and the location of the Sun and Moon in the : animals—phenology, as it’s called tozodiac on any given day. Farmers be- : day—is now seen as a sophisticated way lieved then—as many do today—that i to improve a crop’s chances of success. certain crops should be planted only } Illinois farmers know to plant tomatoes under a waxing Moon and others only : when the peach trees blossom, and Alaunder a waning Moon (see “Planting by : bama farmers wait to hear the first whipthe Moon’s Phase” on page 244 or at : poorwill before planting corn. 232

Some old sayings that tie planting i in the family of a Pennsylvania Dutch to holy days or certain-numbered days i farmer, he goes out to tell his bees right clearly have less to do with nature and : away. Folklorists trace the belief back more to do with the farmer’s frame of to the times when bees were considered mind. There’s no scientific evidence that messengers to the gods. The tradition planting potatoes on St. Patrick’s Day, i may persist because it permits a grievfor example, will improve the yield. But ing farmer a moment of privacy when he who’s to say that it will not make for a i needs it most. The following beliefs—some strange, more confident—and efficient—farmer? some funny, some even disgusting—are Some farm folklore has ancient roots. For example, many sayings about the i all examples of what former folklorist power of iron objects—tusty nails scatand editor of Funk and Wagnalls’ Stantered around crops or horseshoes hung dard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, in the boughs of barren fruit trees—may i and Legend Maria Leach (1892-1977) be relics of the Iron Age, when weapons : called “the inextinguishable hope that all forged from the new metal seemed to that is wrong in the world can somehow make their wielders invincible.

i be put right.”

Consider that when there is a death }

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Folklore

Planting Manure spread in the light of the Moon (from the day the Moon is new to the day it is full) will dry up and blow away; in the dark of the Moon (from the day after it is full to the day before it is new), it will sink into the earth.

To make a plant grow, spit into the hole you have dug for it. Anything planted by a pregnant woman will flourish.

Never thank a person for giving you a plant, or it will die; in fact, the best way to ensure that plant slips will thrive is to steal them. Crops that ripen above ground should be planted in the morning; plant crops that ripen underground after noon.

Never plant anything on the 31st of the month. Anything planted on Good Friday will grow well.

Never plant until the frogs have croaked three times, because there will be a killing frost before then. Plant clover on the day of the new Moon.

Peppers should be planted only by a violent-tempered person, a red-haired person, or a person in a bad mood. Never plant onions near potatoes, or the eyes of the potatoes will weep. Likewise, all plants with eyes must be underground by Good Friday, or they will weep for the Crucifixion. 234

Plant corn after the first woodpecker appears. Plant beans when the horns of the Moon

point upward.

Always begin sowing on a Friday and end on a Friday. If you finish earlier, hang your seed bag on the fence and leave it there until Friday.

Unless you sit on thyme after sowing it, it will not grow.

:Corn must not be planted on a date ending in zero. Flax will grow tall if you show it your buttocks.

:Plant watermelons a week after apple blossom time. It’s time to plant corn when your wife comes to bed naked.

Pest Control Scatter elder leaves over your cabbage to keep the bugs away. Put a horseshoe in the fire, and as long as it glows red-hot, hawks will not

bother your chickens. To make a scarecrow more effective,

make its arms from hickory wood. Plant cucumbers while you are wearing your pajamas, on the first day of May, before sunrise, and no bugs will eat them.

Husbandry A new cow won't be homesick if you bring a stone from the place you got her and put it in the manger.

Folklore

To cure founder in a horse, cut three locks of hair from your private parts, place } them between the halves of an apple or } potato, and feed it to the horse. A billy goat kept in the barn will prevent cows from miscarrying. Don’t talk about hens at mealtime, or } their eggs won’t hatch.

If a cow has indigestion, feed her an onion sandwich, stolen bread, or bread taken in silence from a neighbor. After weaning, feed the cow a tuft of hair

from her calf’s head to prevent lowing. If you want a hen to hatch only pullets, put a girl's bonnet under her eggs.

i March snow is as good as manure.

Predicting the Crops

If you can wet a handkerchief with rain on Easter, it will be a good year for farmers.

Water dripping from your eaves on New

Early thunder brings fine crops.

Year’s Day means a good year.

If the smoke goes straight up on the first day of February, it will be a good crop year. Sleet in February portends a good apple

crop.

i If locust trees are heavy with blossoms, it will be a good corn year.

A white Christmas means a good year for fruit.

In a year when plums flourish, all else fails.

ANSWERS TO

Mind-Manglers (from page 230)

1. The Old Farmer Says A proper amount of sunshine is very necessary to good health. We need the sunshine from outside and the sunshine of love in our hearts and homes to make us happy.

2. Culinary Clue For a flaky, tender piecrust, use cold

utensils and ingredients.

3. The Saying Goes Think on the end before you begin.

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When old and parents, its head

| was about 8 years at the park with my a gopher popped out of a hole. As an animal lover, | had to

investigate. |

offered food to the gopher and, when it wouldn't come out, reached into the hole to pet it.

Chomp! It bit my index finger and ducked back into its hole. Since then, I’ve learned

that the gopher was afraid and reacted normally to an unfamiliar being invading

It can happen— and be avoided— more easily than

you think. ‘ by Sophia Yin

its space.

People get bitten all the time by doing things to or around pets and wildlife that are predictably unsafe. Here are five situations that can lead to animal bites,

based on true tales from our Facebook fans. (To avoid injury, | tell you how to play it safe.)

Pets

Expect to get bitten if you try to grab or rescue a scared pet or wild animal. =» Animals often do not know that you are trying to help them. Paula L. recalls, “IT was bitten twice by squirrels: once when picking up an injured baby and once when rescuing one trapped in a swimming pool. Even though I used a piece of lumber as an escape bridge for the one in the pool, he nipped me as he flew past me.”

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When animals, even pets, are scared,

especially if they are in emergency escape $ mode, they will defend themselves. (This ae is one reason that animal control officers advise people not to attempt the rescue of wildlife and stray animals.) If you have to grab a small scared, struggling pet, try to cover it with a towel; use a thick blanket if it's a large animal. The cover will help to protect you while you try to handle or move it.

Expect to get bitten if you handle animals, especially pocket pets (small animals, often rodents), that don’t

know you well or have not been trained to accept or enjoy handling.

A stray cat bit Borin M. when he tried to help it. “I had it by the scruff of the neck, but it swirled around and got my thumb all the way in the back of its mouth and sawed away on it.”

= Consider what happened to Cha’kwaian E.: “When I was a kid, my guinea pig bit me when I was trying to get him out of the cage to pet him. It was the first time he had been taken out of it.” Die H.’s experience was similar: “My friend’s hamster bit nearly every time he was touched.”

SAFE: be Pocket pets need to be trained to like a their humans and to enjoy handling. Give treats whenever you enter the room Pat or approach the cage and when you're handling the animal. The animal will learn to like you and no longer fear being handled.

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Pets

Expect to get bitten if you get in the middle of an ongoing fight or one that’s about to begin between animals. =m As achild, Tanya A. got in between

two fighting male rabbits. “Happy was not so happy when I tried to separate him from the other rabbit. He sunk his teeth into my hand! When I pulled my hand back, he was dangling from it and wouldn’t let go.” —

—

Sometimes animals fear members of their own species and take this out on a different target entirely. “I was at our shelter,” writes Miranda W., “introducing

to each other three ferrets that had been housed separately, since adopters were interested in taking all three. One ferret was very unhappy with the other two. When a happy one got close to the unhappy one, it redirected onto my left arm and gave me some amazing puncture wounds.”

Ei SAFE: Why would a pet turn and bite you when the enemy is another animal? Think of the “two-guys-in-a-bar syndrome.” If two guys who have had too much to drink start a heated argument, you avoid prodding them verbally. Doing so would only agitate 238

them more and cause them to redirect that agitation toward you. Once they are in a full-blown fight, they may swing at anything, including you. When an animal fight is about to break out, divert your pet's attention. Startle it with a loud sound or spray it with water. Call itto do something it likes, such as get a treat, jump into the car, or chase its favorite toy. These techniques may also work if a fight is under way. Ifyou need to physically break up a fight, grab your pet's rear end and quickly pull, keeping your hands away from its head and teeth. If a small animal is involved, throw a thick towel or blanket over itto protect your hands and then move it. You can also try to place a board, pillow, or large object in between the fighters.

Expect to get bitten if you harass or pester pets, especially if they are preoccupied. =» One day, when my dog training assistant Melissa was at the dog park, an unruly child kept running at her dog Niko and waving his arms. “Niko barked at first, then ran after the child and nipped his shorts,” says Melissa. “This is how

Niko plays with dogs or people that he is nervous around but still wants to play with.” Melissa called Niko and kept him away from the child. Later, the child was

bitten by a larger dog after running at it and pushing a tennis ball in its face. Gwen C. describes one incident when she was young: “I was bitten by my dog for messing with her tail while she was eating.” continued »>

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by butting me with his head. All is good and there is lots of purring until he abruptly gets sick of me and will lash out.” Milena D. learned her pet’s signal: “My hedgehog bites to communicate when he’s had enough petting and wants to go back in his home to eat or sleep.”

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Ei SAFE: Pl p> While dogs should tolerate some < inappropriate or unexpected human behavior, they are—well—animals. In general, avoid bothering animals in the same situations where you wouldn't want to be bothered, such as when eating, drinking, resting, or whenever the pet indicates that it doesn’t want to interact. Usually, the pet will signal this by moving away. More subtle signs of uneasiness include lowering the head,

Recognize the signs or situations that indicate when a pet needs a break. Pets 4 that haven't been rewarded enough for tolerating handling, especially by kids, are more likely to react sooner to bad human etiquette. Practice pairing treats with handling so that the pet learns that being handled is a positive experience.

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pulling the ears back, looking away, becoming tense, raising the lip, and

growling. When this happens, avoid yelling or diving at, hugging, or kissing a pet or otherwise violating its personal space. Parents, in particular, should watch how their child interacts with a pet—especially one that they do not know well.

Expect to get bitten if a pet loses patience or wants to be left alone. = “Tl have a slightly unpredictable cat,” writes Leah E. “He will ask me to pet him 240

Sophia Yin, a veterinarian and applied animal behaviorist based in San Francisco, is the author of numerous books on animal behavior. Her Web site, www.drsophiayin.com, and Facebook page provide free articles and videos.

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Last Spring Frost

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