Tag: fun
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Last Frost Date
Last week’s post on false spring had me thinking about when I should actually start planting things in the ground. I was always told “Mother’s Day” is the safest time to plant. Climate data is free, so let’s figure out the earliest planting date in Dayton, Ohio. Feel free to use the NOAA data to…
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March Madness Final Update
Results: Not bad! The model ended up in the 99th percentile among all submitted brackets, with an overall rank of 39,059 across all global brackets. It successfully predicted that Michigan would be the ultimate winner and correctly predicted three of the final four (Michigan, Illinois, and Arizona). Overall, the model made 43 correct picks, 11…
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Is the Groundhog onto Something?
It’s February 2026, and the groundhog, unfortunately, predicted a longer winter. But does that really matter? Who told this groundhog he was going to predict weather? Did he grow up, as a pup, dreaming of being a weatherman? Does he know something we don’t know? I want to know if he’s onto something. I want…
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