Good morning! What day is it? Hump Day, of course. Going to be hot later or so I’m told by Mr. NOAA and his brave men and women based on their fancy computer models. ๐ฅ Three weeks to my Teeth Cleaning Day ๐Clean teeth are important. Now, I just need to schedule a physical ๐ท and get my tetanus booster. ๐ Partly sunny and 69 degrees at the Elm Ave Park & Ride – CDTA. โ Calm wind. The dew point is 57 degrees. Nice morning, enjoyed my walk down to the bus.๐
Today will be mostly sunny and hot โ, with a high of 91 degrees at 5pm. But maybe not too ungodly humid? Muggers won’t be that active today. They’re lurking in their dark corners for tomorrow. Nine degrees above normal. It’s called summer time, the hottest time of the year starts Friday, the first sunset before 8:30 is on Tuesday. Maximum dew point of 60 at 11am. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. It became sticky as the day progressed. The high last year was 92 degrees. The record high of 100 was set in 1936.
The sun will set at 8:34 pm with dusk around 9:08 pm, which is 28 seconds earlier than yesterday. ๐ At sunset, look for mostly clear skies ๐ and temperatures around 84 degrees. The dew point will be 62 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 15 hours and 6 minutes of daytime, an decrease of one minute and 12 seconds over yesterday.
This evening, I have another Save the Pine Bush event ๐ฆ to go to, namely the Guilderland Town Planning meeting over that Rapp Road development. Should be an interesting meeting, and hopefully the building will be well air conditioned. I might go for a hike after the meeting, although more likely then not, I’ll end up going to another meeting with the Pine Bush folks probably at a dinner. โ
Tonight will be partly cloudy ๐ค, with a low of 69 degrees at 5am. Eight degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 65 at 11pm. Light south wind. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 63 degrees. The record low of 48 occurred back in 1986.
I saw another one of my fellow high schoolers bought a house. ๐ก In Upstate New York of all places. Seems like I’m getting to the age where everyone’s buying property, while I’m just buying stocks and bonds. Based on the numbers I’ve seen, renting my run down apartment, walking around town and taking the bus ๐ to work and investing I still come out ahead.ย If I owned land, I’d probably get in trouble for burning shit I shouldn’t be be. ๐ฅ
I don’t live in Pennsylvania, where people burn everything from couches ๐๏ธ and old buildings on-down.๐ Eventually when I am a little more financially secure, don’t have family anymore nearby, and I will move to a more rural state that has a lot more freedom. โ Maybe Wyoming? ๐ค That’s a segue, although I don’t know what I would do out there, but I’ve heard good things about moving out west in places like Idaho or Missouri.
On this day in 1890, Wyoming is admitted to the United States as the 44th US State. ๐Many liberals regard that as a mistake, although it has some beautiful country out in Yellowstone and lots of oil and coal. ๐ญ And no nearby neighbors, which is fun if you want to have big bonfires all of the time, drink beer, ride four wheelers, have hogs, cattle, and other animals ๐ฅฉlike on Our Wyoming Life.๐ค ย And in 1962, Telstar, the world’s first communication satellite is launched.โญ And they wrote a song about it, ๐ until it was destroyed by the nuclear tests that not only nuked our satellite but put cesium-138 into our milk and ice cream.๐ฎ
Going to be a nice, hot summer weekend. ๐ Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Maximum dew point of 64 at 7pm. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Maximum dew point of 63 at 6am. Little less muggy then the second half of the week. Typical average high for the weekend is 83 degrees. I think my plans for the weekend remain constant. It’s going to be hot ๐ฅ but no so bad out in the country in Schoharie County. I wonder if they will have sweet corn ๐ฝ out there. Swimming, fishing, maybe hiking. I’m sure it will be cool down by the Betty Brook. Then next weekend is the real vacation.๐ I hope that my state parks pass is activated — it should be — but I haven’t tested it yet.
As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Teeth Cleaning Day ๐ when the sun will be setting at 8:16 pm with dusk at 8:48 pm. On that day in 2018, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 86 and 67 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 82 degrees. We hit a record high of 98 back in 1917.