Almost time for bed

I went down to the park for a while with a book, did my evening walk, 📖and now I’ve been sitting out back with my feet on the tailgate of my truck,🌳 writing down my thoughts on a number of topics on my phone. Such a pleasant evening.

My big variable message sign says that it was 85 or 86 degrees in my bedroom :evil:when I got home from work but subsequently had dropped to a much more comfortable 74 degrees the last time I looked. A breeze has picked up and it’s much more comfortable outside.💨 Getting late, I’m thinking about heading in an retiring for the night.💤 People ask how I live without air conditioning in the city but the truth is nearly every night – even warm ones by bedtime at eleven it has cooled greatly.

Ninty degrees

90 degrees.

Today’s heat breaks the record of 88 degrees set back in 2001, and is the first 90 degree day since the record breaking heat of September 24, 2017 when it hit in 90 degrees in Albany.

National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary

National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary

"The New York Sate Department of Environmental Conservation has issued an air quality health advisory for the following counties...

Dutchess...Ulster...Columbia...Greene...Schoharie...Albany...Rensselaer...Saratoga...Schenectady...Washington...Fulton...Montgomery...Warren...Hamilton...Northern Herkimer...Southern Herkimer.

Air quality levels in outdoor air are predicted to be greater than an air quality index value of 100 for ozone.

The air quality index...or AQI...was created as an easy way to correlate levels of different pollutants to one scale. The higher the AQI value, the greater the health concern.

When pollution levels are elevated...the New York State Department of Health recommends that individuals consider limiting strenuous outdoor physical activity to reduce the risk of adverse health effects. People who may be especially sensitive to the effects of elevated levels of pollutants include the very young and those with pre existing respiratory problems such as asthma or heart disease. Those with symptoms should consider consulting their personal physician."

May 2, 2018 3:01 pm Update

Today, Albany has some of the worst air quality in many years with the air quality index at 77 at Loudonville Reservoir (and may get worse as the day progresses and tailpipe emissions are converted to smog under the heat of the sun). Which is bad, but it’s much better then was common on hot days back in the 1980s.

Currently 88 degrees at Albany Airport, which ties the May 2, 2001 record. It may break 90 before 5 PM. This will be first record high day since September 27, 2017 when it was 89 degrees — and today is the warmest day since then.