5 Things You Need to Know Today: Sept. 1

Our weekday morning column, 5 Things You Need to Know, provides you with information that can help you plan your day and give you some fodder for water cooler conversations.

1. A blood pressure clinic is scheduled for noon at the G 30 Providence Road.

2. Farmers Market returns to the Common, which took a beating after the storm but looks great again, at 2 p.m.

3. meets at 7 p.m. at the , 30 Providence Road.

4. Welcome to September, one of four months that has 30 days. (Remember the old rhyme, April, June and November are the others.) Odd September facts: September begins on the same day of the week as December every year and no other month ends on the same day of the week as September in any year.

5. Today’s forecast: Mostly sunny, high 79, low 55.