paulb@ttidcc.UUCP (Paul Blumstein) (10/16/85)
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Shalom Aleichem!
This is a strange request that possibly someone out there in net land can
help fulfill. When I lived in the NYC area we had a saying: the weather is
always nice on the high holidays. Now I'm in the LA metro area. The same
phenomenon seems to hold true, except it is harder to tell since the LA
weather is more stable. However, some of the "long distance to shul"
walkers are of the firm opinion that the incidence of rain is less on the
Shabbos than any other day. Could be psychological, could be true. As
someone of a scientific bent, it has aroused my curiousity. If someone has
access to a weather database for a city of a large Jewish population (e.g.,
NYC, LA) and a little time, I would appreciate it if they could find out
the number of rain days for each day of the week over a period of one or
more years. This should be the simplest statistically acceptable means of
answering this question. (Statisticians--OK?). If someone in the position
to do this doesn't have the day of the week algorithm, please send me mail
& I'll look it up. I think the answer should be posted to the net since it
would be of general interest.
Thanks in advance.
(P.S., When it comes to keeping Kosher, should one go whole-hog? :-)
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{philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!paulbhopp@nbs-amrf.UUCP (Ted Hopp) (10/20/85)
> ... When I lived in the NYC area we had a saying: the weather is > always nice on the high holidays. Now I'm in the LA metro area. The same > phenomenon seems to hold true, except it is harder to tell since the LA > weather is more stable. However, some of the "long distance to shul" > walkers are of the firm opinion that the incidence of rain is less on the > Shabbos than any other day. > Paul Blumstein At my shul (Mishkan Torah) in Greenbelt, MD (just outside DC), the story is that it never rains on Yom Kippur. (Of course, I remember one year ... :-) -- Ted Hopp {seismo,umcp-cs}!nbs-amrf!hopp