The wind in California tends to blow the strongest at night and in the winter while the sun obviously is at its strongest during the day and in the summer months.

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She passed the night outside in the wind and rain.

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And all this interspersed by hours adrift on the river, planks and ropes gently creaking in the wind, the water dark and cool, the night sky clear above.

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The storm started to wind down Thursday night in Wichita after leaving 14.2 inches of snow over two days -- the second highest storm total in the city's history, according to the National Weather Service.

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It's dropped a degree today, the wind must have changed easterly during the night, and later we'll get fog in the valley.

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The rising and setting of the sun controls many of our daily rituals, from when we eat breakfast in the morning to when we wind down at night.

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The wind blowing in on a cool and damp night meant very little hitting for either team, just 10 combined hits.

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Average wind speeds Wednesday night were around 20 mph, though a weather station in the Mount Washington neighborhood of Los Angeles recorded a 101 mph gust at around midnight.

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