This one is part recollection, part historical sociology, with some number crunching at the end. When I was a kid, in my pre-teen years, I listened to KGB-AM radio in San Diego. It was a typical top-40 AM radio station (hey, I was 10 years old). Like other stations of this ilk, they had contests … Continue reading Cash Call Odds

Here's the last post regarding the year's worth of weather data at our house. Today I'll talk about sunshine. Specifically, UV index. The Tempest device reports the UV index each minute of the day. Here's the cumulative UV total for each day of the year (April 2023 - March 2024): The general shape of the … Continue reading Wrapping up Weather

Let's look at the rainfall that my personal weather station reported over the past 12 months (April 2023 - March 2024). For the year, we got 28.46 inches of rain. Here are the monthly totals: This clearly shows the rainy season in Santa Cruz: late Fall through Spring. But it doesn't always rain during those … Continue reading It’s Raining, it’s Pouring…