The 89 million dollar question is will we break the 2007 record of 89 degrees today. Regardless, it’s going to be a hot and humid day today with dew points in the upper 60s and temperatures expected climb into the upper 80s or maybe low 90s. And the warmth is expected to progress into the evening. Enjoy it, much cooler weather starts pushing in on Thursday. 

The sun will set at 6:44 pm with dusk around 7:12 pm, which is one minute and 47 seconds earlier than yesterday. At sunset, look for mostly clear conditions and 83 degrees. The dew point will be 69 degrees. The heat index around sunset will be 71. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 11 hours and 56 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low of 64 degrees at 6am. 17 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 69 at 6pm. Light south wind. Another hot and sticky evening here in the city but it will be somewhat  cooler come tomorrow evening. In 2016, we had mostly cloudy skies. It got down to 52 degrees. The record low of 24 occurred back in 1947.

Albany is still deja moo, the same old bull that pays the bills. Moose River Plains was so nice this past weekend as was the drive back through the Black River Valley and along the West Canada Creek. It evidence that a few nice places still remain in New York, not totally spoiled by dictates of out of touch politicians and the zealots who put them into office. I have a case of the Mondays. 

So I’m making progress in putting my camp gear away but I still have more to do. The camera looks like it is drying out well, I will see if it works later in the week. I probably should get a waterproof pouch for that too, they are so inexpensive today. While I can’t shoot well through that it could protect the camera while climbing in and out of the kayak when going over beaver dams and other times when I know there is a high risk of going into the drink. 

While next weekend is expected to be quite beautiful but much cooler, I probably will stay in town in preparation for my Columbus Day week trip. I still haven’t finalized my plans for the week and I don’t know if it’s even on the work schedule yet but I should follow up on that. I kind of want to do the Blue Ridge Parkway but I’m undecided about driving so far away and I really don’t like staying in developed campgrounds with campsites right upon each other. This time of year the days are so short and lately I’ve been so drowsy that I’m not not sure how far I really want to go. 

Looking ahead to next week, the sun will be setting at 6:32 pm with dusk at 7:00 pm. On that day in 2016, we had drizzle, mostly cloudy skies and temperatures between 72 and 57 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 65 degrees. We hit a record high of 83 back in 1967.