What’s the cliche — “It took an act of Congress”? While Congress hasn’t done much lately, through the years there has been agreement to shift the way the nation’s mornings and late afternoons are timed through the changing year. The shift this weekend from Standard Time to Daylight Saving Time is still for the moment an unusually nonpartisan issue. Congress has been tweaking with the shift in time for at least 90 years.

Temperature: Precip.

Day Max. Min. Inches.

Fº Fº

March 5 36 31 .16*

March 6 38 31 .00

March 7 52 32 .00

March 8 55 35 .00

March 9 59 32 .00

March 10 53 29 .00

March 11 52 32 .00

*Melted Precipitation

Temperature: Precip.

Day Max. Min. Inches.

Fº Fº

Feb. 26 45 32 1.37

Feb. 27 40 33 Trace*

Feb. 28 40 30 .04

March 1 40 32 .41*

March 2 47 34 .00

March 3 46 36 .00

March 4 36 33 .25*

*Melted Precipitation

In the week ahead the late night moon moves through the summer constellations. Tonight, the moon is in the zodiacal constellation Libra and rises late in the evening.

The full moon, the Mud Moon, appears next to the bright planet Saturn on Monday night. The two are in the zodiacal constellation Virgo, and there could not be a better pair to open a new month and herald the approach of spring.

Temperature: Precip.

Day Max. Min. Inches.

Fº Fº

Feb. 12 37 24 .00

Feb. 13 36 21 .00

Feb. 14 33 24 .00

Feb. 15 39 31 .00

Feb. 16 40 28 .19*

Feb. 17 43 29 Trace