The question is when will the April showers come to their conclusion. Hopefully at least one weekend before the black flies are out in dominance.

Good morning! Where did April go? Clouds and 53 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a southeast breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 46 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around 1 pm.

Today will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Some of the storms could produce small hail, gusty winds, and heavy rain. Sounds exciting. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a high of 63 degrees at 2pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 24th. Maximum dew point of 53 at 11am. South wind 8 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 59 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 1903. There was a dusting of snow in 2008.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 62.3° from the due south horizon (-8.5° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:16 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (285°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (292°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:55 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 6 seconds with dusk around 8:25 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:03 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 60 degrees. The dew point will be 54 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 11 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 7 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 31 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce small hail, gusty winds, and heavy rain. Cloudy 🌧, with a low of 53 degrees at 4am. 10 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 30th. Maximum dew point of 54 at 7pm. South wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2023, we had light rain in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 45 degrees. The record low of 28 occurred back in 2008.

Not a particularly nice weekend on tap. 😞 Saturday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Maximum dew point of 46 at 10am. Sunday, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Maximum dew point of 47 at 1pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 68 degrees.

As previously noted, next Tuesday is 8 PM Sunset 🌇 when the sun will be setting at 8:04 pm with dusk at 8:34 pm. On that day in 2023, we had mostly cloudy and temperatures between 59 and 45 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 69 degrees. We hit a record high of 92 back in 1930.