Choosing your wedding day is often a process of balancing interests, schedules, holiday time, obligations. Once you've chosen the general time frame, you pretty much have to simply hope for the best, that the details come together, that the weather co-operates.

We can't help you with your friends and personal logistics too much, but we can suggest something that might help with the weather! Bridalweather offers a service that helps you choose the weekend most likely to have good weather. Available only for American brides (including Alaska and Hawaii), you choose your state, time frame, and specific location, and you'll get a forecast -- and even a link to a podcast. You can also approach it from the reverse: see the forecasts for every weekend throughout the year, and pick a weekend based on the likelihood of good weather.

We all know you can't get 100% accuracy that far in advance -- but knowing that a weekend is statistically likely to give you good weather can be reassuring, anyway.