Good morning. It’s a snowy midweek for Whitewater, with about two to four inches expected, and temperatures falling in the afternoon from thirty-two to about twenty-three. The Weather Channel is increasingly dramatic about our weather, but there’s nothing surprising about snow, in the winter, in Wisconsin. It’s only the absence of snow that would be…

Good morning. It’s a warm Tuesday of thunderstorms and sixty-degree temperatures ahead for Whitewater. On this day in 1845, Edgar Allan Poe publishes The Raven: Edgar Allan Poe’s famous poem “The Raven,” beginning “Once upon a midnight dreary,” is published on this day in the New York Evening Mirror. Poe’s dark and macabre work reflected his…

Good morning. Monday in the Whippet City begins with drizzle and fog, and a high of forty-one. This morning, Downtown Whitewater’s Design Committee meets at 8 AM. This evening, the open session of Whitewater’s School Board begins at 7 PM. On this day in 1986, America suffered one of her most tragic space-faring disasters: At…

Good morning. So, we’ve a near-certainty of a wintry mix for Whitewater today, with freezing rain and sleet, and a high of thirty-three. On this day in 1967, a tragic setback struck the Apollo program, as “Astronauts Virgil I. ”Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died in a flash fire during a…

Good morning. It’s a mostly sunny day with a high of twenty-three for Whitewater. On 1.26.1788, a founding that led to Australia Day: On January 26, 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip guides a fleet of 11 British ships carrying convicts to the colony of New South Wales, effectively founding Australia. After overcoming a period of hardship,…

Good morning. Friday brings snowfall to Whitewater, in the morning, with only a slight accumulation likely. We’ll have a high of twenty-six, with 9h 42m of sunlight, 10h 44m of daylight, and a waxing gibbous moon. On this day in 1915, a milestone of telephony, as Alexander Graham Bell tests a transcontinental phone line: On…

Good morning. Thursday brings an increasingly cloudy day, with a high of sixteen, to Whitewater. Can’t say I much care for canned products, but it’s a milestone of sorts: Jan 24, 1935 First canned beer goes on sale Canned beer makes its debut on this day in 1935. In partnership with the American Can Company,…

Good morning. It’s a warmer day ahead for Whitewater today, with a high of eighteen, and a forty percent chance of flurries. We will have 9h 38m of sunlight, and 10h 39m of daylight. Tomorrow will have about two minutes more light. Downtown Whitewater’s board meets today, at 8 AM. Among the agenda items under…

Good morning. Whitewater’s Tuesday will be sunny and cold, with a high of five degrees. The city’s Urban Forestry Commission meets this afternoon at 4:15 PM. On this day in 1964, a milestone for Wisconsin: 1964 – World’s Largest Cheese On this date The world’s largest cheese of the time was manufactured in Wisconsin. The…

Good morning. MLK day, and the public inauguration ceremonies, will see Whitewater with a 30% chance of scattered snow showers before 9 am. Afterward, it’a a partly sunny day, with a high near of about seven. Wind chill measures will be between ten and fifteen below. High above all of this, departing Commander Sunita Williams…

Good morning. It’s a partly sunny Sunday for us, with a high of fifteen, but with a wind chill measure between five below and zero. If we had slightly milder temperatures, and more snow, we could imagine trips like these from Sled Dog Adventures of Fairbanks: On this day in 1981, “Iran released 52 Americans…

Good morning. Saturday brings unseasonably warm weather, with a high of forty-seven, for a breezy, sunny day. There will be 9h 31m of sunlight, 10h 33m of daylight, with tomorrow being one minute longer. On this day in 1937, Howard Hughes sets a transcontinental flight record. The New York Times wrote about Hughes’s accomplishment the…

Good morning. Friday brings a 30% chance of snow in the morning, and thereafter mostly sunny skies with a high of thirty-nine. On this day in 1912, English explorer Robert F. Scott and his team arrive at the South Pole, to discover that Roald Amundsen had already been there. On 1.18.1908, a blaze in Janesville:…

Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny, with a high of twenty-two. There will be 9h 26m of sunlight, 10h 29m of daylight, and we;ll have a waxing crescent moon. On this day in 1893, Hawaii’s monarch is overthrown: The Hawaiian steamer Claudine arrived at this port [San Francisco] at 2 o’clock this…