North Pole Weather 6/30/14
The sun will rise this morning at 3:09, and set 21 hours 39 minutes later at 12:38 tomorrow morning. It’s gotten a good deal warmer and drier this weekend; it hit 80 yesterday. There is a chance of...
View ArticleFirst Daylily of the Year
Surprise! My first daylily of the year opened Monday. P.S. 7:40 am: we had .01 ” precipitation early last night, which may well give us a new wettest June, and it’s still raining.
View ArticleNorth Pole Weather 7/7/14
The sun rose today at 3:27 this morning, and will set 20 hours 57 minutes later at 12:22 tomorrow morning. We’re already losing 6 minutes a day. It’s downright hot by Alaska standards, well into the...
View ArticleNorth Pole Weather 7/14/14
The sun rose this morning at 3:49, and will set 20 hours 15 minutes later, a minute after midnight tomorrow morning. It’s still rainy: 4.58” (well over twice the July normal) as of July 12, with more...
View ArticleNorth Pole Weather 7/28/14
The sun will rise today at 4:34 in the morning, and set 18 hours 38 minutes later at 11:15 this evening. We’re losing almost 7 minutes a day, now. The weather is still cool and wet; we might get back...
View ArticleNorth Pole Weather 8/11/14
The sun will rise at 5:25 this morning, and set 17 hours later at 10:25 this evening. I’m glad to say it has finally quit raining and warmed up, though there are a few showers forecast this week. The...
View ArticleNorth Pole Weather 8/18/14
The sun will rise this morning at 5:48 , and set 16 hours 12 minutes later at 9:59 this evening. It will drop 12° below the horizon tonight—almost astronomical twilight. It’s mostly been in the 70’s or...
View ArticleNorth Pole Weather 8/25/14
The sun will rise today at 6:10 and set 15 hours and 24 minutes later at 9:34 pm. I can no longer drive places in the evening without checking the time, and we now have astronomical twilight (sun...
View ArticleNorth Pole Weather 9/1/14
Plastic on the squash bed The sun will rise this morning at 6:31, and set 14 hours and 36 minutes later at 9:08 this evening. We’re now losing about 6 minutes 43 seconds a day. It’s starting to feel...
View ArticleNorth Pole Weather and Sunflowers for Tina 9/8/14
Just to prove sunflowers can be grown in Alaska. The sun will rise this morning at 6:53, and set 13 hours 50 minutes later at 8:42 this evening, giving us a day 6 minutes 40 seconds shorter than...
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