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Temperatures

Temperature: Precip.

Day Max. Min. Inches.

Fº Fº

Nov. 20 61 52 .03

Nov. 21 61 43 .26

Nov. 22 57 43 .00

Nov. 23 54 47 Trace

Nov. 24 53 50 .54

Nov. 25 52 48 .02

Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 53º F.

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Temperatures

Temperature: Precip.

Day Max. Min. Inches.

Fº Fº

Nov. 13 53 48 .00

Nov. 14 56 52 .14

Nov. 15 66 55 .20

Nov. 16 65 53 .02

Nov. 17 61 42 .00

Nov. 18 53 43 .00

Nov. 19 57 35 .00

Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 54º F.

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Leonid Meteor Shower

In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, the Leonid meteor shower fell short of impressive. Some thought the shower was going to produce a hundred or more meteors in an hour of watching. This observer saw about three meteors in ten minutes.
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The Big Apple

Suzan Bellincampi

They say that one a day keeps the doctor away.

This snazzy marketing message was meant to urge the public to eat apples for health, though the real message behind it was to promote an effort to eat apples, rather than drink them. This adage was coined during Prohibition in order to convert apples from a drink to a food. The typical method of consuming apples back then was in the form of alcoholic cider, apple jack, or apple brandy.

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Short-Eared Owls

Susan B. Whiting
The sighting of short-eared owls at both Wasque and Katama in the last two weeks is exciting. This owl used to breed on the Vineyard in the 1980s but verification of its breeding on Island has not been possible since 1986. One wonders why. Is it lack of food, climate change, habitat loss, predation or disease? I don’t have the answer but would wager it is not due to lack of food. Short-eared owls love voles, mice, small birds and rabbits. If mice can find their way into our barns, sheds and houses, there probably is a sufficient supply to feed an owl or two. If the owls can’t find the mice we have plenty of rabbits too!
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