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    From Northern Realms@618:500/23 to All on Sun Aug 7 07:30:14 2022
    The Old Farmer's Almanac: Word of the Day


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  • From Northern Realms@618:500/23 to All on Mon Aug 8 07:30:04 2022
    The Old Farmer's Almanac: Word of the Day

    Horse latitudes
    Either of two belts of latitudes located over the oceans at about 30? to 35? north and south, having high barometric pressure, calms, and light,
    changeable winds.

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  • From Northern Realms@618:500/23 to All on Tue Aug 9 07:30:04 2022
    The Old Farmer's Almanac: Word of the Day

    Biddy
    A name used in calling a hen or chicken. An Irish serving woman or girl.

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  • From Northern Realms@618:500/23 to All on Wed Aug 10 07:30:02 2022
    The Old Farmer's Almanac: Word of the Day

    Relative humidity
    The amount of moisture in the air compared to the maximum amount of moisture the air could hold at a given temperature; measured as a precentage
    of saturation.

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  • From Northern Realms@618:500/23 to All on Thu Aug 11 07:30:04 2022
    The Old Farmer's Almanac: Word of the Day

    Pyrheliometer
    An instrument that measures direct solar radiation.

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  • From Northern Realms@618:500/23 to All on Fri Aug 12 07:30:02 2022
    The Old Farmer's Almanac: Word of the Day


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    --- up 2 days, 11 hours, 17 minutes
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  • From Northern Realms@618:500/23 to All on Sat Aug 13 07:30:02 2022
    The Old Farmer's Almanac: Word of the Day


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  • From Northern Realms@618:500/23 to All on Sat Aug 13 08:59:36 2022
    The Old Farmer's Almanac: Word of the Day

    Mean temperature
    The average of the maximum and the minimum temperatures for a particular period; the mean equals the sum of the max and min divided by two.

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  • From Northern Realms@618:500/23 to All on Sun Aug 14 07:30:02 2022
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    Growing season
    Period betweenthe last killing frost in spring and first killing frost
    in fall.

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  • From Northern Realms@618:500/23 to All on Mon Aug 15 07:30:02 2022
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    Evaporimeter
    An instrument that measures the loss of water by evaporation.

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  • From Northern Realms@618:500/23 to All on Tue Aug 16 07:30:04 2022
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    Diurnal
    Daily; refers to events which recur every 24 hours, such as a daily
    temperature cycle.

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  • From Northern Realms@618:500/23 to All on Wed Aug 17 07:30:04 2022
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    Dewpoint temperature
    The temperature to which a given parcel of air must be cooled before it
    becomes saturated; the temperature of an object when dew first forms on it.

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  • From Northern Realms@618:500/23 to All on Thu Aug 18 07:30:02 2022
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    Dew
    Droplets of water which have condensed on objects, such as plants, which have cooled below the dewpoint temperature of the air.

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  • From Northern Realms@618:500/23 to All on Fri Aug 19 07:30:02 2022
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    Climate
    The long-term atmospheric conditions of an area; the "average" weather conditions, along with normal variations and extremes.

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  • From Northern Realms@618:500/23 to All on Sat Aug 20 07:30:02 2022
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    Barometer
    An instrument used to measure air pressure; there are two basic types, aneroid and mercury.

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  • From Northern Realms@618:500/23 to All on Sun Aug 21 07:30:04 2022
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    Barograph
    A recording barometer.

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  • From Northern Realms@618:500/23 to All on Mon Aug 22 07:30:02 2022
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    Anemometer
    An instrument to measure the speed of the wind.

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  • From Northern Realms@618:500/23 to All on Tue Aug 23 07:30:02 2022
    The Old Farmer's Almanac: Word of the Day

    Phototropism
    The effect of light on the direction of growth of a plant.

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