Good afternoon! Mostly cloudy and 85 degrees in Stratford. The dew point is 55 degrees.

Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low around 54. Five degrees below normal. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the evening. The record low of 39 occured back in 1979.

Tonight the sun will set at 8:40 pm with dusk around 9:16 pm, which is 2 seconds later than yesterday. Tonight we have a Waning Gibbous Moon with 60% illuminated. The moon will rise around 11:17 pm. July’s Buck Moon is on Tuesday, July 19th.

Sunday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Five degrees above normal. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. The record high of 99 was set in 1952.

In four weeks on July 23 the sun will be setting at 8:27 pm, which is 13 minutes earlier then today. The average high is 83 degrees, and the record for that date is 96 degrees was set back in 1955.

It was a nice afternoon paddling from Stewart Landing to past Doldgeville Point. I think it was over 4 miles each way. Spent some time swimming at Stewart Landing and are shortly returning to Powley Place for dinner. Then I’ll spend some time at the Potholers then have a fire and enjoy the stars.

It looks like some time this spring the open meadows at Powley Place burned. I’m sure by the end of summer it will be green and more fertile then ever before. Pretty dry up here, with the lack of rain and low dew point for summer, so I’ve been pretty careful with fire.