Which State has the Best Wedding Weather?

Farmers Almanac has been around for many, many years. As the name suggests, the book was originally written to assist farmers with planting and harvesting. Want to know when the moon will be full? Consult the Almanac. Want to know the best days to cut and bale hay? Consult the Almanac. Today, however, the Almanac has diversified to include all types of weather forecasting and everything weather-related.

A few months ago the Almanac ran a contest to determine the states having the best and worst weather for outdoor weddings. The results were all in fun and based on entries from the public, not on any scientific data. And the winners are ---- South Carolina, Arizona, Oregon, Utah, and North Dakota, assuming you don't mind the humidity in some of those locations. Texas was the big loser. Readers' stories included tales of freezing rain in April, flash floods, and miserably hot temperatures. No one from Idaho entered the contest. If they had, readers might have heard about rain, hot summer days, and our unpredictable spring weather with microbursts and other phenomena to liven up outdoor events.

So many people visit Farmers Almanac's web site to check long-range forecasts for their weddings that the site now has a section devoted exclusively to weddings at www.almanac.com/wedding-planning. The site can tell you the best dates to plan a beach wedding, when the fall leaves will be at their most colorful, when the best sunsets will occur, and other information. How accurate the predicitions are is anyone's guess, but the site is worth a read.