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Ashley, Jan from Slapout, AL (20 miles north of Montgomery) and I from Hueytown, AL (12 miles SW of B'ham) both saw your questions about the Ruling Days. We have compiled data for our two locations. Jan is bout 75 miles south east from me. Here is what we found. Hueytown, AL 12 miles SW of Birmingham financial district - Terry Date.......ActualTemp.......Average .....Deviation % Month 12/26......51/25............54/33........-5%/-24.......Jan 12/27......52/24............54/33........-3.7%/-27%....Feb 12/28......56/29............54/33........+3.7%/+12%...March 12/29......64/35............53/33........+20.7%/+6%....April 12/30......65/49............53/33...... +22.6%/+48.5%..May 12/31......69/51............53/33...... +30%/+54.5%....June 01/01......71/50............53/33.......+33.9%/+51.5%..July 01/02......74/53............53/33...... +39.6%/+60.6%..Aug 01/03......74/53............53/33...... +39.6%/+60.6%..Sep 01/04......72/53............53/33...... +35.8%/+60.6%..Oct 01/05......65/53............53/32...... +22.6%/+65.6%..Nov 01/06......67/48............53/33...... +26.4%/+45.4%..Dec Slapout, AL 15-20 miles North of Montgomery, AL - Jan January~12-26(Sunny, 56 February~12-27(sunny, 60 March~12-28(Sunny, 60 April~12-29(Sunny, 68 May~12-30(Sunny, 69 June~12-31(Partly cloudy, 71 July~1-1(Sunny, 75 August~1-2(Sunny/Partly cloudy, 78 September~1-3(Sunny, 78 October~1-4(Sunny, 74 November~1-5(Partly cloudy,76 December~1-6(Rainy, low 60s The average deviation for highs from Dec. 26 - Jan. 6 has been an incredibly warm average of 65 degrees or an average of 22.6 % above average. The average deviation for lows from Dec. 26 - Jan. 6 has been an incredibly warm average of 43.6 degrees or 32.4% above average. If there is any veracity to the Ruling Days, then the rest of January will have to be extremely cold to negate the warm, early days of January. It looks like January through November will be dry. We had only one day with rain. March through December will be warmer than usual. I hope the percentage above normal does not correlate to summer temps but is only indicative of warmer or cooler. If there is a correlation between the percentage, the summer would have to be about 15-20 degrees higher than normal. That would be many days in June, July and August at 103*-105* (*=degrees). I used a base of 90 degree highs x 1.20 = 108*. I used 20% because it was the lowest percentage over normal (12/29/03). Our normal highs are usually 93*. If it also correlates to rainfall, we will be dry as a chip. How did your weather compare to ours. Check www.wunderground.com to get your weather history and let us hear from you. Terry

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