Colder than last year, best cooking apple, sunspots

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[View Online Version]( [The OFA Companion Header Logo]( September 13, 2017 --------------------------------------------------------------- [WEATHER]( [ASTRONOMY]( [GARDENING]( [CALENDAR]( [FOOD]( [ADVICE]( [STORE]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [hale bales] If we would enjoy ourselves, we must take the world as it is; mix it up and a thousand spots of sunshine, a cloud here and there, a bright sky, a storm today, calm tomorrow, the chill-piercing winds of autumn, and the bland, reviving air of summer. –The 1854 Old Farmer's Almanac [Order the 2018 Almanac Now!]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Winter Outlook 2017–2018: Colder Than Last Year (image)]( Cold Than Last Year [Winter Outlook 2017–2018: Colder Than Last Year]( Overall, the long-range winter forecast for 2017–2018 shows generally colder temperatures than last winter for the U.S. and Canada but not colder than a typical winter, based on historical averages. As I write these words, there are no sunspots on the visible portion of the Sun, and solar activity is very quiet; this traditionally meant a cooling influence. So why isn’t it colder than average? Other weather factors are at play. [Read more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- SPONSORED [Rakes Are So 20th-Century!]( Fall is the season for apple-picking and harvesting Mother Nature’s other bounty, canning and….picking up all those fallen leaves. We’re here to make that last activity easier so you can focus on the apple-picking. [Learn more]( [Rakes Are So 20th-Century! (image)]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Space Weather: Sunspots, Solar Flares, and Solar Activity (image)]( Sunspot and Solar Cycle Update [Space Weather: Sunspots, Solar Flares, and Solar Activity]( We have long believed that solar activity can influence weather here on Earth. 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