Photo of Andy Arthur

Andy Arthur

The color television assures us that April showers bring May flowers. 🌷🌻🌼 I'll believe it when I see it, though there are definite hints of the green up -- grass is looking greener in the city, some bushes are starting to bloom and there are signs of the days to come. Days have gotten longer, windows open and it's generally just nicer then not that long ago.

Delaware Land Use

While northern Delaware is highly urbanized much of the southern portion of the state is covered with cropland mostly corn for meat chickens and dairy farming. 

One of the Campsites

This is one of the three campsites on Garnet Road. All of them are 30 feet above the road on a ledge. Most or all have vehicular access blocked off, so you have to park in the parking area, for the trail head to Round Pond.

Taken on Friday April 22, 2011 at Garnet Lake.

Cloudy start to the Saturday but should improve ☺

Good morning! Happy Saturday. Finally the weekend! Cloudy and 47 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a south breeze at 6 mph. πŸƒ. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Thursday around 3 am. β˜ƒοΈ

Today will be cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny ☁, with a high of 61 degrees at 3pm. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 19th. Maximum dew point of 46 at 6am. South wind 6 to 15 mph becoming northwest in the morning. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 66 degrees. The record high of 93 was set in 1941. 5.8 inches of snow fell back in 1947.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:55 pm with sun having an altitude of 59.1Β° from the due south horizon (-11.7Β° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.6 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour πŸ… starts at 7:05 pm with the sun in the west (281Β°). πŸ“Έ The sunset is in the west-northwest (287Β°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:44 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 2 seconds with dusk around 8:13 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. πŸŒ‡ At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the southeast (127Β°) at an altitude of 36Β° from the horizon, 252,189 miles away. πŸš€ The best time to look at the stars is after 8:49 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies πŸŒ„ and temperatures around 49 degrees. Breezy, 17 mph breeze β›… from the west-northwest. Today will have 13 hours and 41 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 43 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear πŸŒƒ, with a low of 34 degrees at 6am. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 9th. Northwest wind 10 to 16 mph. In 2023, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 45 degrees. The record low of 20 occurred back in 1875.

Looking ahead, next Saturday is Arbor Day 🌳 when the sun will be setting at 7:52 pm with dusk at 8:21 pm. On that day in 2023, we had partly cloudy, patches of fog and temperatures between 62 and 40 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 65 degrees. We hit a record high of 91 back in 1962.

Old Conservation Department Marker