Good evening! Clear, fairly muggy at least inside and 72 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. The dew point is 62 degrees.

I finally broke down and hooked up the fan this evening, it makes it much more pleasant in bed. That said the fan is noisy and a bit expensive to run at 60 watts an hour at high so I may turn it off later. 🍃

I reassembled the camp stove and I think it’s working fine but I need to experiment more with that one burner 🍳. I think the problem was a loose connection and maybe crud in the burner, I cleaned and oiled well with WD 40 and carburetor cleaner. I lit it and it smoked and smelled from the cleaner so I’m going to let it evaporate more before I test it out more.

They had cheese on sale at Hannaford for a good price so I made Marconi and Cheese for dinner. 🍛It was good but cooking it made it even hotter in my apartment. Working on the stove after dinner in the kitchen really got me sweating 😰 for sure. After that I went for my evening walk 🚶, sat out back for a while before retiring to bed.

Tonight will have a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Some of the storms could produce small hail and gusty winds. Partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 63 degrees at 4am. Three degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 62 at 10pm. Light southwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2018, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 63 degrees. The record low of 45 occurred back in 1970.

Tonight will have a Waning Crescent Moon 🌘 with 24% illuminated. The moon will rise at 2:01 am. The New Moon is on Monday night. The Buck Moon 🌝 is on Monday, July 15th. The sun will rise at 5:19 am with the first light at 4:44 am, which is 23 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 8 hours and 42 minutes of darkness, an increase of 23 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 86 degrees at 3pm. Five degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 64 at 9am. Another hot summer day but less humid by afternoon. Light west wind becoming northwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 73 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1941.

Not a particularly nice weekend on tap. 😞 Saturday, a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Maximum dew point of 68 at 1pm. Sunday, scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Maximum dew point of 63 at 6am. Typical average high for the weekend is 81 degrees.

I could change my mind on Saturday morning if it’s really nice but I’m planning on staying in town this weekend, ⛺ but next Wednesday after work I’m leaving for a long Independence Day weekend probably at Moose River Plains. I do want to try to patch up the table with all purpose bondo and maybe test the camp stove out and do some further cleaning and decreasing of the camp stove.

In four weeks on July 24 the sun will be setting at 8:23 pm,🌄 which is 13 minutes and 24 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had hot, humid, mostly sunny and temperatures between 89 and 75 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 83 and 62 degrees. The record high of 96 degrees was set back in 1941.

I don’t have a television 📺 so no I’m not watching the Democratic Presidential debate. It’s good to discuss the issues and I’m sure I’ll hear about it in the morning on the news – in a nutshell. Still a long ways until the presidential primary in New York and I don’t expect to get involved except for voting. ☑ Certainly not making the trip to New Hampshire to volunteer for any candidates. I’ll probably vote Democratic in 2020 for the White House but I’ll have to see who the nomanee ultimately is and how Trump is doing at his job at that point. Despite all the complaining and obnoxious tweets between the strong economy, affordable gasoline, available 22 ammunition, and just generally good times it’s hard to object to the status quo. Maybe we are ignoring future threats like the deficit and climate change but I doubt the democrats will have much action on that either. 🌎

Looking ahead, Altamont Fair Opens 🎡 is in 7 weeks, State Fair Opens 🎡 is in 8 weeks, September 11th 🇸 is in 11 weeks, More Night then Day 🌌 is in 13 weeks and Inauguration Day 2021 👴🏻 is in 82 weeks.

Good morning! What day is it? A Hot Ol Hump Day, of course. Sunny and 72 degrees on Delaware Ave, taking the bus to work. 🌞 Calm wind. The dew point is 61 degrees. Pretty nice morning, much cooler than last night when it was rather humid.

As planned, I got my hair cut 💇 and I feel a whole lot less shaggy. I dropped off my dry cleaning.🕴Going to stop at Hannaford this evening for some food, and maybe some oven cleaner or other grocery-store style degreaser to clean the camp stove. Then I will re-assemble it this evening, and maybe go down to the park.

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 86 degrees at 2pm. Five degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 61 at 9am. Nice warm day but modest humidity. But do watch for the thunderstorms later. ⛈Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 80 degrees. The record high of 99 was set in 1952.

The sun will set at 8:37 pm with dusk around 9:12 pm, which is 2 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 78 degrees. The dew point will be 61 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 15 hours and 18 minutes of daytime, an increase of 21 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10pm. Partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 66 degrees at 4am. Six degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 63 at 11pm. Light south wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2018, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 63 degrees. The record low of 45 occurred back in 1970.

On this day in 1963, U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave his “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech, 🍩 underlining the support of the United States for democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall. And pastry too. Also, The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time in 1974 to sell a package of Wrigley’s chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio. UPC are so handy, kind of fun to scan into your phone with the lookup code app.

Looking ahead, there are 7 weeks until Altamont Fair Opens 🎡 when the sun will be setting at 7:58 pm with dusk at 8:28 pm. Fair season is fun. On that day in 2018, we had humid weather, partly sunny skies with a few rain showers and temperatures between 85 and 71 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 81 degrees. We hit a record high of 97 back in 1988.