Good morning. Earlier today, prognosticating groundhog Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, and so predicted six more weeks of winter. In the USA Today story linked above, reporter Doyle Rice connects Groundhog Day to the celebration of Candlemas: Groundhog Day has its origins in an ancient celebration of Candlemas, a point midway between the winter solstice…

Good morning. Whitewater’s month begins with a high of twenty-four, and snow throughout the day amounting to one to three inches. Google has a doodle on its search page today celebrating the life of Harriet Tubman. Born a slave in 1820, living until 1913, and for that time a life of accomplishment: As a child…

Good morning. Friday will be mostly cloudy with a high of fourteen. On this day in 1865, the House of Representatives passed a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery. The New York Times reported news of the House vote: The great feature of the existing rebellion was the passage to-day by the House of Representatives of…

Good morning. We’ll have a windy Thursday in Whitewater, with a high of twenty-nine, and about an inch of snow in the afternoon. Meanwhile, the view from Norway: Northern lights from Tromsø, Norway, on Jan. 9, 2014. Photographer Harald Albrigtsen. On this day in 1948, an assassin murders Mohandas Gandhi. Here’s Puzzability‘s Thursday game: This Week’s…

Good morning. We’ll have a sunny day with a high of nineteen today. For those looking for a new hobby, one reads that America is experiencing a falconry revival: In 1968, when Lars Sego was eight years old, he decided he wanted to become a falconer. He put a hood and jess on a chicken…

Good morning. It will be another cold day today, with a high of zero and wind chill values of thirty to forty below. Sunrise for Tuesday is 7:14 AM, and sunset is 5:03 PM. The moon is a waning crescent with 7% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1986, the space shuttle…

Good morning. We’ll have a cold day in Whitewater, with a high of six below zero, and wind chill values of twenty-five to thirty below. The Whitewater Schools are closed today and tomorrow. On this day in 1888, the National Geographic Society is born: …The 33 men who originally met and formed the National Geographic…

Good morning. We’ve a lovely blanket of snow in the city today, and we’ll have a high of twenty-three, with wind chill values around zero. The latest FW poll, The Rabbit in the Statue’s Ear, is now closed. 63.16% of respondents felt that South Africa should remove a tiny rabbit surreptitiously placed in the ear…

Good morning. Saturday brings blowing snow, a high of fifteen falling to two degrees by the afternoon, and about two inches of snow overnight. On this day in 1981, the late Chairman Mao’s widow has a fall: Jiang Qing, the widow of Chinese leader Mao Zedong, is sentenced to death for her “counter-revolutionary crimes” during…

Good morning. We’ll have blowing snow throughout the day, with a high of twenty-three, and about one to two inches of snow overnight. It’s the anniversary of the first sales (from 1935) of beer in a can: Canned beer makes its debut on this day in 1935. In partnership with the American Can Company, the…

Good morning. Thursday comes to Whitewater with a chance of flurries and a high of two degrees. On this day in 1775, British merchants speak against their government’s restrictions on trade with America: …London merchants petition Parliament for relief from the financial hardship put upon them by the curtailment of trade with the North American…

Good morning. Wednesday brings a high of eleven, and a likelihood of morning snow with accumulation of less than one inch. Sunrise is 7:19 AM and sunset 4:55 AM. The moon’s a waning gibbous with 65% of its visible disk illuminated. At 8 AM, Downtown Whitewater’s board members meet, and at 5 PM there’s a…

Good morning. It will be sunny and cold today, with a high of four degrees, and wind chill values between ten and twenty below. Whitewater’s Alcohol and Licensing Committee meets at 6 PM, and Common Council at 6:30 PM this evening. We’re not the only ones with interesting weather. A Russian videographer recorded a sundog…

Good morning. We’ll have an even chance of a wintry mix of freezing rain and snow in Whitewater today (with slight accumulation), and a high of twenty-two (before dropping into the teens). Friday’s FW poll was about the likelihood of victory for each of the NFL’s four remaining teams, and respondents favored Seattle (31.43%) and…