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The Weather Wizard's 5-Year Weather Diary

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We gave my father his first copy of this book ten years ago when he was 80. He is now 90 and has completed two books. He can look back to see what the weather was over the past ten years and make his own predictions. He keeps meticulous records. It takes dedication to fill in the temperatures, winds, weather conditions every day for five years. For anyone who is facinated by weather, this is a terrific present.

Having just finished my first 5 year stint with this weather diary, I'm on to enjoying the next half decade. What fun it is to look back on how much VT snow fell last year or the year before. Just how HOT was it on this date over the years? The diary has sat next to my computer all this time and entries are made daily as I wait out my computer's warm up exercises. Friends have taken to checking with me when questions arise about weather history.

The "windows" of weather information provided are also great learning tools. Helps one to understand just what makes those clouds creep down the valley between the high mountains.

My only complaint is that after 5 years of daily use, the pages are dog eared and don't turn very easily on the spiral binding.

This simple diary was just what I needed five years ago, when I retired. There was a place for all the important things I'd see as well as a place for short comments. Each day, as I filled it up I could review the weather of years past and be reminded of how changeable it all is. I also recorded lunar events and special storms, family changes and significant political dates. It is a great record, easily kept and easily reviewed. Combined with the Old Farmer's Almanac, one truly keeps in touch with the world around in a way that must resemble that of the farmer.

Some information on estimating wind speed and perhaps some information on setting of a barometer would be a good addition.

If you want to be a weather person or work for the NOAA or the NWS this is the thing for you. It helps you to know every thing about weather I have one and I'm recording every day the weather in this book and I got it for Christmas 2001 and I LOVE it. So pick one yp today and enjoy,love and respect weather all arround you. :-)

I'm four and a half years into this five year weather diary. It's the only one I know of but it is efficient. It's kept me true to my hobby.

Just completing the last month of our 5 year weather diary and we definitely want to continue. With boxes for basic observations, there is room to add comments germain to your interrests (like animals and birds observed or fires in the area) and summary pages at the end of each month provide a spot to total precip thus far or spend 4 philosophical lines summarizing your month. We enjoy commenting on what's really unusual or pulling up the reigns and saying "No,it's been dry or hot or whatever for 4 out of five years running on that date...."

I really like this, with large spaces for weather, lots of interesting trivia

This is the third time we have used this diary. We like being able to compare the weather from year to year. Since we can look at up to four years back it is interesting to see any changes. If you are a weather addict this is a great book.

This is the third book, my husband has used in his observations of local weather. It is easy to use and allows plenty of space to write extra observations.

We have been keeping track of the weather, birds and animals seen, when hummingbirds arrive and depart each year, when specific flowers bloom, etc., etc. for over 20 years. This is our 5th 5-year book starting in 2012. We have a Bed and Breakfast and our guests enjoy looking through, seeing what the weather was the last time they were here, or what animals (bear, fox, black squirrel, etc.) have visited us. It's been a great conversation maker.