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In the end, I chose Davis Instruments’ Wireless Vantage Pro2 Weather Station. After a couple years of researching as well as getting used the sticker stock…I finally took the plunge and bought the darn thing. I couldn’t be happier! The weather station lists for $595, but can be found cheaper at Amazon.

Google offers the ability to chart how often users search using a particular key word. This service is called Google Trends. One of the most interesting things to do with the service is to compare which keywords are being search more than others. For example, are users more interested in searching on Google for weather or politics?

As you can see above, google users are more interested in searching for weather (blue) than they are for politics (red). What does this say about public interest in politics? Well, I’m not really sure, except to say people possibly have more interest in hearing what their meteorologist is forecasting for tomorrow’s weather than what their politicans are promising before the next election. Neither Republicans (red) or Democrats (blue) seems to have an edge over each other:

Also, neither interesting in the Republicans or the Democrats can compare with the public’s interest in the weather (orange). Check out this Google Trend:

Let me first say, I love Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Secondly, let me also say that by the time we hit the month of April, I and most others in this city, are just too darn tired of cold weather. We are ready for the warmer months that come with spring and summer. We are ready for the flowers to bloom, the brown lawns to turn green, the children to play outside, and the nice bicycle rides on the finest bicycle trails this city has to offer. So no matter how much you tell me that it’s a chance of a lifetime…I am not heading to the North Pole so I can freeze my toes off a little longer. Crazy people…

About 50 runners are scheduled to compete in this year’s North Pole Marathon, covering 26.195 miles in circles on a large piece of floating ice near the top of the world.

The runners have paid $10,000 each to enter the race.

“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” Dr. Vir Nanda of Apple Valley, Calif., told the Los Angeles Times.

Excerpt from article posted at WPMI.com.

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls, South Dakota reported today that “January 2006 was a record warm month over much of southeast South Dakota, northwest Iowa, southwest Minnesota and northeast Nebraska”. January 2006 will be one for climate books setting records for average monthly temperature, average minimum temperature and average maximum temperature. Not only that, but “most locations did not fall below zero in January and had a record number of days above freezing”. A variety of statistics and charts are being provided by the weather office specifically for Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Sioux City, Iowa.

Originally from Kansas, I personally do not mind the warmer temperatures, but there are quite a few people born and raised in the Northern Plains that have not been happy to see the “lack of winter” in this part of the country. Having sub-freezing temperatures in January is normal for this part of the country and the unusual warmth does affect the area’s culture. People from this area feel somewhat lost with what to do with their time without the snow and lack of ice on the area lakes. People who routinely go ice fishing, ride snow mobiles, cross-county skiing, or snow-show walking for their recreation currently do not have the outlet. Also, let’s not forget all those winter businesses that depend on the cold season for their revenue.

There is some irony that only a few weeks ago we discussed here at Like that Idea how much excitement about ice fishing there was at a local bait shop’s Internet forum. The joke now is that we will have to wait until spring before we see our cold temperatures and winter snow storms!