NY 421 was paved in 1962. A lightly traveled road compared to many state highways, as a dead end to the Bog River Flow and Horseshoe, the road is lightly maintained, with a patchwork of asphalt patches and a generally erroded and unlevel surface.
Taken on Thursday June 25, 2020 at Horseshoe Lake.
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Good morning! Happy Thursday. Mostly sunny and 68 degrees at the Horseshoe Lake. ☀ There is a west-southwest breeze at 14 mph. 🍃 with gusts up to 25 mph 💨💨💨. The dew point is 52 degrees.
A pretty nice sunny morning 😊 with a few fair weather clouds and not too hot. Got up early to watch the sunrise, then took a brief nap, and had camp broken by 7:30. Went for a quick paddle, clocked into work and will stay here for a while before taking my lunch break and heading up to Tupper Lake for the balance of the day.
Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 74 degrees at 4pm. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 2nd. Maximum dew point of 52 at 10am. West wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. A year ago, we had rain in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. It was humid. The high last year was 86 degrees. The record high of 95 was set in 1898.
Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:01 pm with sun having an altitude of 69.1° from the due south horizon (-0.1° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.3 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 8:02 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (297°). 📸 The sunset is in the borthwest (305°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:46 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 37 seconds with dusk around 9:22 pm, which is 3 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter 🌓 Moon in the west (261°) at an altitude of 30° from the horizon, 229,116 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 10:11 pm. At sunset, look for a chance of rain showers 🌧 but otherwise partially clear 🌇 and temperatures around 68 degrees. The dew point will be 50 degrees. There will be a southwest breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 30 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 19 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will have a 20 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Partly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 53 degrees at 5am. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 5th. Maximum dew point of 52 at 10pm. Southwest wind around 8 mph. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 61 degrees. The record low of 39 occurred back in 1979.
On this day in 1998, in Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional. ❎
Not a particularly nice weekend on tap. 😞 Saturday, showers likely, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. South wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Maximum dew point of 62 at 8pm. Sunday, a 50 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. West wind 7 to 11 mph. Maximum dew point of 61 at 7am. Typical average high for the weekend is 81 degrees.
