You guys have infected my brain with Trips Mania. Darn! Oh well, it happens. At least a couple times a year, it happens. So the following Trips Mania Workup is copied straight out of my notes. None of this has been double-checked, much less independently vetted, so take it with a grain of salt.
February is the hottest month by far for trips despite being the shortest month.
15 Days in February: 1st, 2nd, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd, and the 25th
02/01/2011; Day: 929; Night: 888
02/02/2012; Day: 603; Night: 999
02/05/2003; Day: 828; Night: 444
02/07/2001; Day: 979; Night: 222
02/08/1991; Night: 222
02/09/2001; Day: 111; Night: 128
02/10/2013; Day: 000; Night: 409
02/12/2005; Day: 666; Night: 003
02/14/1998; Day: 769; Night: 777
02/14/2007; Day: 460; Night: 999
02/16/2002; Day: 323; Night: 777
02/17/1997; Day: 610; Night: 000
02/20/2013; Day: 624; Night: 888
02/20/2014; Day: 429; Night: 111
02/22/1993; Night: 999
02/22/2008; Day: 000; Night: 573
02/23/2005; Day: 358; Night: 888
02/25/2003; Day: 000; Night: 077
02/25/2007; Day: 652; Night: 999
02/25/2015; Day: 786; Night: 333
Christmas Eve Day is the hottest single day for trips!
12/24/1998; Day: 0,0,0; Night: 7,8,3
12/24/2010; Day: 0,0,0; Night: 8,8,6
12/24/2013; Day: 4,4,4; Night: 9,1,9
12/24/2014; Day: 9,9,9; Night: 5,6,5
The other hot single days for trips are January 26th, February 25th, and May 17th.
164 trips have fallen total over the history of the VA P3.
24 trips in 16 days total in February plus Christmas Eve.
After 15971 draws. 4.4% of the days of the year account for 14.6% of the trips. That's a little out of whack!
And that's not all. If you allow me to add two other days, January 26th and May 7th, I can account for 30 of the trips in 18 days. That means that (counting roundoff error) 4,4% of the days of the year account for 18.3% of all the trips that have ever fallen in the VA P3. That is ever futher out of whack. It shouldn't be hard to figure out how to use that little bit of info to your advantage...
Here is the raw data from which this data was culled this day, December 21st 2015.
01/01/1998; Day: 3,3,3; Night: 4,9,7
01/01/2008; Day: 7,3,8; Night: 1,1,1
01/04/2010; Day: 4,7,1; Night: 6,6,6
01/10/2005; Day: 8,8,8; Night: 8,0,5
01/11/1995; Night: 9,9,9
01/13/1994; Night: 8,8,8
01/17/1995; Night: 9,9,9
01/20/2000; Day: 3,0,7; Night: 8,8,8
01/21/1992; Night: 7,7,7
01/21/2005; Day: 4,1,3; Night: 8,8,8
01/25/2009; Day: 6,6,6; Night: 3,5,0
01/26/1996; Day: 5,5,5; Night: 3,8,8
01/26/2004; Day: 3,3,3; Night: 2,0,8
01/26/2010; Day: 1,5,2; Night: 2,2,2 <--- 3x on 01/26
01/30/2007; Day: 0,6,3; Night: 2,2,2
01/31/1992; Night: 3,3,3
02/01/2011; Day: 9,2,9; Night: 8,8,8
02/02/2012; Day: 6,0,3; Night: 9,9,9
02/05/2003; Day: 8,2,8; Night: 4,4,4
02/07/2001; Day: 9,7,9; Night: 2,2,2
02/08/1991; Night: 2,2,2
02/09/2001; Day: 1,1,1; Night: 1,2,8
02/10/2013; Day: 0,0,0; Night: 4,0,9
02/12/2005; Day: 6,6,6; Night: 0,0,3
02/14/1998; Day: 7,6,9; Night: 7,7,7
02/14/2007; Day: 4,6,0; Night: 9,9,9
02/16/2002; Day: 3,2,3; Night: 7,7,7
02/17/1997; Day: 6,1,0; Night: 0,0,0
02/20/2013; Day: 6,2,4; Night: 8,8,8
02/20/2014; Day: 4,2,9; Night: 1,1,1
02/22/1993; Night: 9,9,9
02/22/2008; Day: 0,0,0; Night: 5,7,3
02/23/2005; Day: 3,5,8; Night: 8,8,8
02/25/2003; Day: 0,0,0; Night: 0,7,7
02/25/2007; Day: 6,5,2; Night: 9,9,9
02/25/2015; Day: 7,8,6; Night: 3,3,3 <--- 3x on 02/25
03/09/1998; Day: 2,8,5; Night: 2,2,2
03/16/1991; Night: 2,2,2
03/16/2013; Day: 9,9,9; Night: 4,0,4
03/20/2010; Day: 9,9,9; Night: 5,5,1
03/21/1991; Night: 4,4,4
03/21/1995; Day: 0,0,0; Night: 8,1,6
03/24/2014; Day: 2,5,2; Night: 4,4,4
03/27/1990; Night: 9,9,9
03/29/2005; Day: 9,9,9; Night: 1,0,4
04/01/1994; Night: 9,9,9
04/02/2003; Day: 5,5,5; Night: 4,2,3
04/03/1996; Day: 5,5,5; Night: 7,8,6
04/12/1999; Day: 8,8,8; Night: 5,1,1
04/17/1998; Day: 4,1,4; Night: 4,4,4
04/17/2003; Day: 1,1,1; Night: 1,5,1
04/19/2010; Day: 2,6,6; Night: 7,7,7
04/21/2005; Day: 8,6,3; Night: 0,0,0
04/27/2001; Day: 2,9,9; Night: 3,3,3
04/27/2008; Day: 7,9,7; Night: 0,0,0
04/28/2003; Day: 5,5,5; Night: 5,1,1
04/29/2000; Day: 6,6,6; Night: 5,4,1
04/30/2015; Day: 8,8,8; Night: 0,7,5
05/09/2010; Day: 0,2,1; Night: 4,4,4
05/10/2011; Day: 3,3,3; Night: 0,5,1
05/12/1995; Day: 2,2,2; Night: 7,3,6
05/12/2007; Day: 3,3,3; Night: 4,8,1
05/14/2008; Day: 4,4,4; Night: 0,1,8
05/17/1990; Night: 2,2,2
05/17/2012; Day: 2,2,2; Night: 6,3,2
05/17/2015; Day: 6,2,8; Night: 1,1,1 <--- 3x on 05/17
05/18/2010; Day: 3,8,6; Night: 3,3,3
05/19/2013; Day: 3,0,3; Night: 5,5,5
05/23/2008; Day: 5,5,5; Night: 0,8,3
05/26/1994; Night: 6,6,6
05/28/1994; Night: 5,5,5
05/30/2007; Day: 9,8,0; Night: 4,4,4
05/30/2010; Day: 6,6,6; Night: 8,1,7
06/02/1998; Day: 1,1,1; Night: 9,4,2
06/05/2003; Day: 2,2,9; Night: 6,6,6
06/08/1994; Night: 8,8,8
06/10/2002; Day: 5,4,7; Night: 7,7,7
06/10/2004; Day: 3,9,7; Night: 9,9,9
06/13/1996; Day: 2,4,7; Night: 3,3,3
06/14/2013; Day: 5,4,4; Night: 1,1,1
06/16/2011; Day: 1,1,0; Night: 9,9,9
06/18/2009; Day: 4,4,4; Night: 7,1,8
06/21/2013; Day: 3,3,3; Night: 1,2,9
06/26/1996; Day: 4,0,5; Night: 0,0,0
06/30/1989; Night: 1,1,1
07/02/2003; Day: 0,0,0; Night: 6,5,6
07/03/2001; Day: 7,7,7; Night: 9,5,8
07/08/1997; Day: 5,5,5; Night: 7,0,4
07/08/2003; Day: 0,4,4; Night: 4,4,4
07/09/1996; Day: 6,6,6; Night: 3,4,3
07/09/2004; Day: 6,8,0; Night: 5,5,5
07/16/1996; Day: 9,8,1; Night: 9,9,9
07/21/2005; Day: 3,5,5; Night: 2,2,2
07/22/1999; Day: 6,6,6; Night: 8,7,2
07/23/2002; Day: 9,9,9; Night: 1,0,3
07/28/1992; Night: 5,5,5
08/04/2004; Day: 0,6,9; Night: 4,4,4
08/11/1990; Night: 3,3,3
08/13/1997; Day: 9,9,9; Night: 4,5,6
08/13/2001; Day: 6,6,1; Night: 7,7,7
08/14/2012; Day: 4,9,3; Night: 9,9,9
08/15/1989; Night: 6,6,6
08/15/2001; Day: 2,2,2; Night: 4,3,0
08/15/2005; Day: 5,1,8; Night: 5,5,5
08/16/2012; Day: 4,4,4; Night: 0,1,2
08/18/2001; Day: 1,4,8; Night: 2,2,2
08/19/1995; Day: 8,8,8; Night: 5,4,6
08/21/2013; Day: 0,0,0; Night: 2,2,5
08/22/2006; Day: 4,4,4; Night: 8,7,9
08/24/2009; Day: 4,0,6; Night: 6,6,6
08/26/1994; Night: 1,1,1
08/26/2000; Day: 6,4,8; Night: 6,6,6
08/27/1998; Day: 5,3,6; Night: 5,5,5
08/30/2006; Day: 8,8,8; Night: 0,0,8
08/31/1995; Day: 9,6,7; Night: 3,3,3
09/01/2011; Day: 8,8,8; Night: 2,5,3
09/04/2010; Day: 4,9,4; Night: 8,8,8
09/05/2013; Day: 9,9,9; Night: 1,3,3
09/12/1995; Day: 4,4,4; Night: 7,5,4
09/19/2003; Day: 5,5,8; Night: 0,0,0
09/19/2010; Day: 8,4,6; Night: 9,9,9
09/21/2000; Day: 7,7,7; Night: 5,3,2
09/21/2015; Day: 0,0,0; Night: 9,0,4
09/25/1998; Day: 9,9,9; Night: 0,5,4
09/26/1996; Day: 0,0,2; Night: 6,6,6
10/02/2006; Day: 4,4,4; Night: 7,9,9
10/04/2013; Day: 2,6,4; Night: 1,1,1
10/05/1992; Night: 2,2,2
10/05/2007; Day: 6,6,6; Night: 9,6,1
10/11/1989; Night: 7,7,7
10/20/2012; Day: 1,7,3; Night: 1,1,1
10/22/2012; Day: 4,4,4; Night: 1,7,5
10/29/2005; Day: 9,9,9; Night: 5,6,4
10/30/1995; Day: 4,1,8; Night: 3,3,3
11/05/1991; Night: 1,1,1
11/07/1991; Night: 9,9,9
11/10/1998; Day: 0,5,7; Night: 2,2,2
11/11/2011; Day: 2,7,4; Night: 4,4,4
11/12/2009; Day: 5,5,4; Night: 3,3,3
11/13/1992; Night: 2,2,2
11/14/2003; Day: 9,9,9; Night: 8,1,3
11/15/2000; Day: 3,7,1; Night: 6,6,6
11/20/2003; Day: 1,1,1; Night: 8,1,2
11/22/2008; Day: 5,4,5; Night: 9,9,9
11/25/1998; Day: 1,0,5; Night: 0,0,0
11/26/1997; Day: 7,9,9; Night: 6,6,6
11/28/2009; Day: 7,0,4; Night: 3,3,3
11/29/2011; Day: 5,5,2; Night: 5,5,5
11/30/2014; Day: 5,5,4; Night: 0,0,0
12/02/2005; Day: 6,6,6; Night: 6,8,4
12/04/2012; Day: 9,9,9; Night: 1,6,0
12/07/2000; Day: 4,8,8; Night: 7,7,7
12/14/1994; Night: 3,3,3
12/17/2007; Day: 4,1,8; Night: 4,4,4
12/20/2015; Day: 6,6,6; Night: 2,3,1
12/23/2000; Day: 6,1,0; Night: 1,1,1
12/24/1998; Day: 0,0,0; Night: 7,8,3
12/24/2010; Day: 0,0,0; Night: 8,8,6
12/24/2013; Day: 4,4,4; Night: 9,1,9
12/24/2014; Day: 9,9,9; Night: 5,6,5 <---- 4x on 12/24
12/27/2004; Day: 8,8,8; Night: 4,2,4
12/27/2012; Day: 3,3,3; Night: 8,3,7
12/28/2001; Day: 2,0,7; Night: 3,3,3
12/30/2012; Day: 3,3,3; Night: 4,2,7
Well, I now know when I am going to be play the trips! lol.
P.S. In an effort to not clutter up the thread too badly, I am leaving this in a small font. Please feel free to archive a copy of this workup.