As we head into November, the next sixteen weeks are generally coldest part of the year. Evenings will come much earlier as the time changes, average high temperatures will drop into the 50s then the 40s. In six weeks, the evenings will start getting slightly longer, in eight weeks at the start of winter the days will slowly but surely start to get longer. The coldest time of the year is eleven weeks out, with days getting noticeably longer and warmer come six weekends out. Eventually, spring will be back once again.

On this Halloween morning the sun has finally come up. 45 degrees and sunny, although the bus is a bit chilly as some of the windows are open and the heat is off. I’m sure with the sun it will be plenty warm in my office though. Maybe 52 degrees later.

The sun will set at 5:48 pm with dusk around 6:17 pm, which is one minute and 19 seconds earlier than yesterday. Next week it will be an hour earlier. At sunset, look for partly clear conditions and 50 degrees. There will be a west breeze at 9 mph. Today will have 10 hours and 19 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 34 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy, with a low of 33 degrees at 6am. Two degrees below normal. But not quite freezing. West wind 3 to 8 mph. In 2016, we had mostly clear skies with more clouds in the early hours of the next day. It got down to 25 degrees. The record low of 22 occurred back in 1964. That was a pretty cold autumn but also exceptionally dry.

Definitely a pretty nice day to conclude October. It was such a busy crazy month that went by so fast. I’m glad I’m getting a November inspection sticker this year so I don’t have to deal with the state inspection until next November. Synthetic oil means I won’t need an oil change until May or June based on the mileage I normally drive.

Since they repaved the South Mall Arterial it has gotten a fair bit smoother but it is still fairly rough in spots. I guess it’s one step forward. There is a lot of traffic on it today but it’s moving well. It’s nice catching the express in. Last week it either was rainy or too difficult to get moving fast enough in the morning with the dark skies to get an early enough start to catch the express bus. Once the time changes next week, I probably will catch more of the express buses downtown.

As previously noted, next Tuesday is Election Day 2017 when the sun will be setting at 4:40 pm with dusk at 5:09 pm (Standard Time). Have you made your plans to get out and vote? I voted in the proxy ballot for some of my investment funds but I also need to vote on the machine for the local political races. I did vote in favor of the divestment proposal, because while it might add some costs, I think in the long run it’s better not to do business with dictators. I think this is the first time I’ve ever voted on a machine in Delmar in a local election. On that day in 2016, we had mostly sunny skies and temperatures between 53 and 28 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 51 degrees. We hit a record high of 75 back in 1938.

Good morning! Happy Halloween. If I  was young enough to do Halloween I would dress up as a coal miner who has Black Lung Disease and an oxygen tank with a bumper sticker that says, Trump Digs Coal. Where did October go? Next Tuesday is Election Day 2017. Partly clear and 46 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a south-southwest breeze at 11 mph.

Today will be mostly sunny, with a high of 53 degrees at 2pm. Two degrees below normal. West wind 7 to 13 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies. The high last year was 50 degrees. The record high of 73 was set in 1946. 0.1 inches of snow fell back in 1913.