Good afternoon! Mostly sunny and 77 degrees in Speculator. There is a southwest breeze at 5 mph. The dew point is 59 degrees. A nice afternoon. Out for a paddle on the Kunjamunk Bay then going for a swim at the Speculator Beach. It doesn’t look like it’s lifeguarded today but there are lots of people there. 

This afternoon will be mostly sunny, with a high of 79 degrees at 3pm. Typical for this afternoon. Maximum dew point of 60 at 6pm. South wind around 5 mph. The record high of 97 was set in 1948. The sun will set at 7:39 pm with dusk around 8:09 pm, which is 1 minutes and 42 seconds earlier than yesterday. Today will have 13 hours and 22 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 2 minutes and 49 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will be partly cloudy, with a low of 59 degrees at 4am. One degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 61 at 7pm. Light and variable wind. The record low of 42 occurred back in 1982.

Today in 1859, Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world’s first commercially successful oil well. To this day, that town still smells like petroleum, and it floats in the creeks, but they produce much less oil today then at the peak around the turn of the century.

There are 3 weeks until Citizenship Day when the sun will be setting at 7:02 pm with dusk at 7:30 pm. The average high temperature is 72 degrees, with a record high of 89 in 1942.