Looking to get your holiday shopping done early this year? Here’s a gift suggestion from UNC Asheville—the 2010 Western North Carolina Weather Calendar.

Published by UNC Asheville’s Atmospheric Sciences Department, the unique 12-month calendar features Asheville climatological data, including monthly temperature and precipitation normals, monthly heating and cooling degree days, and daily normals for maximum and minimum temperatures. The 25th annual WNC Weather Calendar also includes phases of the moon, daily sunrise and sunset times, and a climatological data table of normals, means and extremes for Asheville updated to 2009.

The cost of the calendar is $7 postage included. Please make checks payable to "Weather Calendar" and mail to: Dr. Alex Huang, ATMS UNC Asheville, One University Heights, Asheville, NC 28804-8511.