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Delmar, NY at 2/23/17 7:06 pm
Sitting on the tailgate of my truck, drinking a beer, watching the sun set. America!
February 23, 2017 Evening
Good evening! Today was one for the record books, the warmest February day in the record books, reaching 69 degrees or 32 degrees above the normal temperature for this day in February. As I noted earlier, if today had been July 15, the mercury would have reached 115 degrees. Fortunately so far, our summers haven’t increased that quickly on the record breaking scale in Albany.
Right now it is partly cloudy and 66 degrees in City of Albany. The temperature is expected to drop a bit after dark but still very mild. There is a south breeze at 13 mph. The dew point is 49 degrees. Clouds are starting to creep in and skies will clear Sunday around noontime.
I wish we had more daylight in the evening, although we will come too weeks. Daylight Savings Time starts in two weeks from Sunday.
Tonight will have a chance of showers before 10pm, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 48 degrees at 6am. 29 degrees above normal. Leave your windows open, enjoy the fresh air! South wind 5 to 9 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2016, it got down to 32 degrees with periods of rain and snow and thunderstorm. The record low of -11 occurred back in 1894.
Today I ordered the dimmer switch for the truck cap lights and the low voltage shut off. Once that stuff is wired up and I verify that the cut off is properly working, I’m going to replace the accessory battery hopefully one last time – and I’ll have ample battery time going forward for the lights without having to worry about cooking the plates in the battery.
Waning Crescent Moon tonight with 15% illuminated. The moon will rise around 3:35 am. The New Moon is on Sunday night with partly cloudy skies expected. The Full “Worm” Moon is on Sunday, March 12th. The sun will rise at 6:38 am with the first light at 6:09 am, which is 1 minutes and 33 seconds earlier then yesterday. Tonight will have 12 hours and 58 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 49 seconds over last night.
Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. Saturday, a chance of showers, then rain and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. High near 63. Still for February, I ain’t complaining. South wind 10 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Maximum dew point of 52 at 9am. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 41. Still above normal. The woods is going to be mucky as all shit by Sunday. Oh well. Typical average high for the weekend is 37 degrees.
In four weeks on March 23 the sun will be setting at 7:11 pm (Daylight Savings Time), which is 1 hour and 33 minutes later then today. In 2016 on that day, we had rain and temperatures between 55 and 34 degrees. Colder than today. Typically, you have temperatures between 47 and 28 degrees. The record high of 80 degrees was set back in 1938.
They’re spreading manure at the farm down the street. Smells kind of like barnyard, very spring like. I can almost smell the fresh cut hay in the manure smell, dreaming of those summer days
Looking ahead, the Start of June is in 14 weeks. But gosh with today’s nice weather it almost feels like a June or at least a May day minus of course the black flies.
Almost home. I got to get those bottles of Corona in the snow bank, because gosh, they’re warm. Have a great evening, drink don’t drive.
Chris Janson – Buy Me a Boat
Money can buy you an F-150 to tow your boat, but why would you want an F-150 to tow your boat?
No Voice = No Freedom
One of the many signs at the Labor Rally to Save the American Dream at the State Capitol. Many different speakers from labor and the progessive community where there.
Saturday February 26, 2011 — Albany, NY
Record Breaking Warm Today
Today is expected to reach 68 degrees in the City of Albany. If so, that will be 31 degrees above the normal high temperature of 37 degrees for February 23rd. That will the tie for the warmest February temperature ever recorded in Albany — 68 degrees on February 22, 1997. February 25, 1976 reached 67 degrees and is the second hottest February day on record.
Oddly enough, we’ve actually had a handful of 70 degree days in January — when the temperature is colder on average. On January 6, 2007 and January 13, 1932 it reached 71 degrees in Albany.
To put that in context, if today was in the dog days of summer — July 13 through the 24th when the average high is 83 degrees — the mercury would reach 114 degrees Fahrenheit.
That said, even the most very hot summer day rarely exceed 10-15 degrees above normal. There just isn’t enough warm air in the atmosphere to ever push the mercury above 100 degrees in Albany. The last time it hit 100 degrees in Albany was September 3, 1953. The hottest it’s ever reached in Albany is 104 degrees on Independence Day 1911.
February 23, 2017 Morning
Good morning! Happy Soon to be Very Warm for February Thursday. Partly sunny with some warm winter haze and 45 degrees in Delmar. There is a south-southeast breeze at 6 mph.
Today weather-wise will be one for the record books. You don’t get many 67 degrees days in Albany during February. The heat is off at home. I have my windows open, airing out my apartment. Good fresh air for sure. I forgot how much road noise there is though. I am much happier with all the fresh air. I hope soon the nights will be warm enough that I can leave the windows open all night long and enjoy the fresh air.
Today will be partly sunny, with a high of 67 degrees at 3pm. Thirty degrees above normal for this day in February! Maximum dew point of 50 at 3pm. That should help dry up some of the mud, especially with the expected wind. More clouds later. South wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. At least with the snow melting the ground is plenty wet. A year ago, we had snow and a high of 38 degrees. The record high of 62 was set in 1984. I think that record is going down in the history books, I will have to update the records file. 6.9 inches of snow fell back in 1935.
The sun will set at 5:38 pm with dusk around 6:06 pm, which is 1 minute and 16 seconds later than yesterday. Today will have exactly 11 hours of daylight, an increase of 2 minutes and 49 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 44 degrees at 6am. 25 degrees above normal. South wind 5 to 9 mph becoming calm in the evening. Definitely good weather for tailgate drinking. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2016, it got down to 32 degrees with periods of rain and snow and thunderstorm. The record low of -11 occurred back in 1894.
I’m definitely thinking more about camping soon, although I don’t think this weekend. I think today I am going to order the low-voltage shut-off relay, so as soon as it gets nice, I can install it. Two weeks from Saturday, the time changes. I don’t know how busy I will be in March but if the snow is gone and the weather is nice, I may get out camping. I miss sitting out by the fire.
Looking ahead, there are 14 weeks until Start of June when the sun will be setting at 8:27 pm with dusk at 9:01 pm (Daylight Savings Time). On that day in 2016, we had partly cloudy skies and temperatures between 85 and 57 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 74 degrees. We hit a record high of 94 back in 1918.