Posted by Candice on Friday, Mar 14, 2014
Tonight someone called the Reference Desk to find out what the weather was in a particular place, on a particular day. We sometimes get calls related to weather, people wanting to know how much precipitation occurred during that month that seemed to have endless rain, or just how windy it was on what they remember as the windiest day ever...the website I like to use for information like this is Wunderground. It gives current weather, and loads of other information besides, including historical and averages. It's pretty interesting, and depending on what city you are looking for data about, their records go back a ways. So, I now know that the high temp on the day I was born was 36, but the average for that day is 44, and the record high is 87 (in 1897)!
Next time you want to find out what's up with the weather, anywhere, give it a try!
About the Author
I work at the Info Desk on the second floor, and I select books for the adult nonfiction collection. I have a degree in anthropology, which really helps in selecting...well...almost anything. I also manage the Art To Go collection of framed prints and original art, and the nonfiction DVDs.
What do you like to read?
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This is the latest BYOBook read, and I've really enjoyed it, even though I am somewhat at a loss to truly explain what it's about in a big sense, other than the ideas of connectivity, authenticity, and memory. Those are hefty themes in literature and IRL, and Egan is poetic, inventive, and thoughtful in constructing stories about them. If you read A Visit From the Goon Squad, you'll be familiar with some of the characters, as well as with Egan's penchant for using the form of the book itself in new ways, which is illuminating in itself. You needn't have read her previous work, though, to jump into this one, which I do recommend. -Candice