Day: February 5, 2023

Good morning! Happy Sunday. Mostly cloudy and 28 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a south breeze at 14 mph. 🍃. The current wind chill is 17. There are 2 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at around 11 am. 🌡️

Still kind of cold ❄ this morning but I guess it’s an improvement from what it was yesterday. Still with that breeze it’s an improvement from what it was yesterday. I’ve turned down the heat, closed the cabinets under the sink and aren’t wearing a full face mask or gloves 🧤 for the morning walk 🚶 which I delayed for a bit.

Today will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 41 degrees at 3pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 3rd. South wind 10 to 14 mph. A year ago, we had light snow in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 38 degrees. The record high of 59 was set in 1890. 10.4 inches of snow fell back in 2014.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:10 pm with sun having an altitude of 31.4° from the due south horizon (-39.4° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 9.8 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:33 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (242°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (249°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 5:14 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 6 seconds with dusk around 5:43 pm, which is one minute and 18 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waining Gibbous 🌖 Moon in the east-northeast (69°) at an altitude of 6° from the horizon, 251,699 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:17 pm. At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 39 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 9 mph. Today will have 10 hours and 11 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 27 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 30 degrees at 5am. 14 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 27th. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight. In 2022, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 12 degrees. The record low of -20 occurred back in 1948.

Looking ahead, there are 5 weeks until Daylight Savings Time 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 6:59 pm with dusk at 7:25 pm (Daylight Savings Time). On that day in 2022, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 60 and 30 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 44 degrees. We hit a record high of 69 back in 2012.