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May calls for temperatures above average, with precipitation that is average according to the Hagerstown Town and Country Almanack.
Weather watch: The month opens with fair, warm days (1,2) with rain, storms (3,4) and fair, mild days (5-7). Rain, storms are expected (8,9) with (10-14) a stretch of fair, warm days. More rain, though warm temps (15,16), but fair skies and warm temps (17,18). Look for showers, storms (19-22) with (23,24) fair and pleasant. More showers, storms expected (25-29), winding up the month fair, very warm (30,31).
Tornado Watch: Be prepared for activity 3-4 and 20-22 and batten down the hatches.
Full Moon: Occurs at 7;48 a.m. E.D.T. on the 3rd, and is quite naturally known as the Flower Moon, others know it as the Planting Moon or Milk Moon..
Give a loved one a special May Basket on May Day, the 1st. Fill it with Snow Drops, Lillies of the Valley, Violets or Blue Bells. Emerald is the gem of this month.
Special Days: Honor Mother on her day, Sunday, the 12th and remember on Memorial Day, Monday the 27th, those who served our nation in the Armed Forces and paid the supreme sacrifice.
Rising temperatures in the garden are beckoning and urging on$ and all to cultivate, planting both flowers and vegetables, so that one may enjoy the fruit and bounty of the earth. Wait, though, till after the danger of a late
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