February 3, 2017 10 PM Update

Good evening! Mostly cloudy and 21 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a west breeze at 13 mph. The current wind chill is 9. The skies will clear tomorrow around 1 pm. Kind of a chilly night, decided to stay home. 

Tonight will have scattered snow showers, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 15 degrees at 6am. Typical for tonight. West wind 11 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. In 2016, it got down to 36 degrees with periods of rain. The record low of -13 occurred back in 1978.

First Quarter Moon tonight with 50% illuminated. The moon will set around 1:55 am. The Full β€œSnow” Moon is on Saturday, February 11th. The sun will rise at 7:05 am with the first light at 6:36 am, which is 1 minutes and 8 seconds earlier then yesterday. Tonight will have 13 hours and 52 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 28 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be partly sunny, with a high of 32 degrees at 2pm. Typical temperatures. West wind 8 to 17 mph. A year ago, we had rain and a high of 57 degrees. Not typical. The record high of 61 was set in 1991. 15.5 inches of snow fell back in 1926.

In four weeks on March 3 the sun will be setting at 5:48 pm, which is 35 minutes later then tonight. In 2016 on that day, we had snow and temperatures between 29 and 17 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 39 and 21 degrees. The record high of 64 degrees was set back in 2002.

Looking ahead, St. Patrick’s Day is in 6 weeks, Good Friday is in 10 weeks, Arbor Day is in 12 weeks, Cinco de Mayo is in 13 weeks and Memorial Day Weekend is in 16 weeks.

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