Autumn

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Taken on Saturday October 15, 2016

October 18, 2016 10 AM Update

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Here is a brief chart that shows the climate normals, sunset times, and length of day for next three months in Fayetteville…

Week Date Dawn Sun-
rise		 Sun-
set		 Dusk Day Avg High Avg Low Record Hi Record Low
0 October 18 6:54 am 7:22 am 6:15 pm 6:43 pm 10:52 59 39 82 (1968) 22 (1978)
1 October 25 7:02 am 7:31 am 6:04 pm 6:33 pm 10:32 56 37 77 (1963) 19 (1981)
2 November 1 7:10 am 7:40 am 5:54 pm 6:24 pm 10:14 54 35 78 (1950) 22 (1964)
3 November 8 6:19 am 6:49 am 4:46 pm 5:16 pm 9:57 51 34 75 (1975) 18 (1971)
4 November 15 6:27 am 6:58 am 4:39 pm 5:10 pm 9:41 48 32 74 (1993) 14 (1939)
5 November 22 6:35 am 7:06 am 4:34 pm 5:05 pm 9:27 45 30 70 (1931) 9 (1969)
6 November 29 6:43 am 7:14 am 4:30 pm 5:02 pm 9:15 42 28 66 (2005) 3 (1875)
7 December 6 6:50 am 7:22 am 4:29 pm 5:01 pm 9:07 39 25 68 (2001) -5 (1901)
8 December 13 6:55 am 7:28 am 4:29 pm 5:02 pm 9:01 37 22 58 (1984) -6 (1988)
9 December 20 7:00 am 7:32 am 4:32 pm 5:04 pm 8:59 34 20 61 (1957) -19 (1951)
10 December 27 7:02 am 7:34 am 4:36 pm 5:08 pm 9:01 32 17 60 (1895) -18 (1914)

October 18, 2016 Morning

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Good morning! Happy Tuesday. It seems like it’s more like mid-summer today then October 18th.  Right now at 9 AM, it’s partly sunny and 69 degrees at Green Lakes State Park in Minoa. There is a south breeze at 11 mph. The dew point is 61 degrees. A pretty nice morning, that feels more like summer then mid-October with temperatures expected to reach 83 degrees. Remember, that’s the normal high for mid-July, not October. Pretty much record breaking heat. But it’s going to make for a nice autumn day for sure.

Nice walk this morning. It was clear enough that you could see the Adirondacks and the Tug Hill Plateau from the plateau at the fields over the Green Lakes State Park. Good colors this morning and weather that feels more like summer then spring time.

Today will be mostly sunny, with a high of 83 degrees at 3pm. 24 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 63 at 4pm. Southwest wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph, with a high of 83 degrees at 3pm. 24 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 63 at 4pm. The record high of 82 was set in 1968. The sun will set at 6:15 pm with dusk around 6:43 pm, which is 1 minutes and 35 seconds earlier than yesterday. Over the next seven weeks, we will loose another 1 hour and 45 minutes in evening, as we head to the shortest dayo of the year. Today will have 10 hours and 52 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 2 minutes and 48 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then patchy drizzle between 2am and 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 59 degrees at 6am. 21 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 63 at 6pm. West wind 6 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. The record low of 20 occurred back in 1974.

On this day in 1954, Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio. So starting 62 years ago today, you could take your favorite tunes to the beach on an AM radio. When it was released in 1954, the Regency TR-1 cost $49.95 (equivalent to $441 today) and sold about 150,000 units. Raytheon and Zenith Electronics transistor radios soon followed and were priced even higher. In 1955, Raytheon’s 8-TR-1 was priced at $80 (equivalent to $707 today). By November 1956 a transistor radio small enough to wear on the wrist and a claimed battery life of 100 hours cost $29.95. Sony’s TR-63, released in December 1957 cost $39.95 (equivalent to $337 today). Following the success of the TR-63 Sony continued to make their transistor radios smaller. Because of the extremely low labor costs in Japan, Japanese transistor radios began selling for as low as $25. In 1962 American manufacturers dropped prices of transistor radios to as low as $15 (equivalent to $117 today).

There are 1 week until World Pasta Day when the sun will be setting at 6:04 pm with dusk at 6:33 pm. The average high temperature is 56 degrees, with a record high of 77 in 1963.

There are 20 days, 11 hours and 30 minutes until the polls close in NY State on Election Day.