Last week, I mentioned that many of my long-term forecasts are based on lunar cycles. Much of this research was put together by Idaho climatologist Cliff Harris, who has found that particular phases of the moon will often produce certain types of weather patterns. Have you ever noticed that much of our coldest weather in the winter and our hottest temperatures in the summer occur near a full moon? Our major change that led to the record snows and frigid temperatures began during that full cycle of mid-December. During January’s full moon cycle several weeks ago, areas east of the Rockies observed the record cold and snow while the Inland Northwest went to the dry side.
