If you’re having an outdoor wedding like me, you may be spending much of your waking hours envisioning what the weather will be like on your special day. Don’t you wish you could predict things like that? If you’re getting married somewhere where the weather is pretty predictable and you’re not worried, you are very lucky. As for me, getting hitched in San Francisco during the summer is a little bit scary. Unlike other parts of the Bay Area, San Francisco summer’s have once been quoted by Mark Twain as being “the coldest winter [he has] ever spent.”

Wherever you are, check out Weather.com to help you ease some of the unknown. There you can type in your wedding date and see what the average highs and lows will be for your special day. They also offer valuable tips on ways to deal with the weather such as making your programs also function as fans in case of high heat or treading carefully on wet grass. Although you might not be able to control every little thing about your wedding, this site at least gives you the option of being prepared.