It will be a great summer. That is if it ever warms up again and the legislature doesn’t come back for a, summer session which will happen at one point or another. Okay, today will be in the low eighties but they’re talking about highs in the 60s and 70s for mid June. I don’t think we’ve had a real hot and muggy day yet this year. Hit ninety a couple of times but with very little humidity. Then again I’m not as well insulated as I once was.

Good morning! Partly cloudy and 54 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ Calm wind. The dew point is 52 degrees.

It’s a pretty nice morning. 🌅 I’m out walking 🚶 as usual, have a pot of red kidney beans on the stove simmering down. 🍲 I was actually studying all the different types of beans they have at the store including some of the soup mixes. I’ll have to do some bean soup come the winter, especially if I avoid too much salt and fats in it. Legumes are so healthy and the nature of beans is they fill you up quickly and keep you full all day.

Today will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 82 degrees at 2pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 24th. Maximum dew point of 58 at 11am. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 78 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 1947.

Yesterday I worked from home the bulk of the day 💻, it was just a lot of waiting around for Committee Agendas and calendars to be released, checking votes and responding to miscellaneous emails 📧. It’s all time I can use next week for going to the Adirondacks. ⛺ In the afternoon I went down to the library 📚 both to work and get books out. I got some books out on bicycle repair 🚲. Then I came home, had dinner and got groceries. 🏪

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:56 pm with sun having an altitude of 70.5° from the due south horizon (-0.4° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:51 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (296°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (303°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:34 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 27 seconds with dusk around 9:07 pm, which is 33 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:53 pm.

I got a good night’s sleep 😴 last night not rushing out this morning. Planning on banana – oatmeal pancakes 🥞 🍌 this morning with coffee ☕ after I get done walking and get milk 🥛 at Stewart’s. I’m going to get a gallon of skim milk this time as I want to make sure I’m getting enough calcium and vitamin D in my diet plus I’m heading out camping 🏕 on Thursday for the long weekend. Plus I have a free half gallon card this week.

Today I’m heading out to the Gas Up with dad 🚜 which should be fun as the last time I went was before the pandemic. I’m sure things haven’t changed that much. But should be fun. Then I have to start getting ready for the upcoming work week and heading out of town for camp. ⛺

At sunset, look for potential rain showers 🌧 and temperatures around 74 degrees. The dew point will be 60 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 19 minutes of daytime, an increase of 42 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have isolated showers before 9pm, then isolated showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 62 degrees at 6am. Five degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 60 at 8pm. South wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 55 degrees. The record low of 38 occurred back in 1972.

On this day in 1963, Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam. The self-immolation would be captured on film and would go around the world 🔥 . On the same day, John F. Kennedy addresses Americans from the Oval Office proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that propsed equal access to public facilities, end segregation in education and guarantee federal protection for voting rights. ⚖

One month 📅 from now will be World Population Day 👩‍👩‍👧‍👧 when the sun will be setting at 8:35 pm with dusk at 9:07 pm. The average high temperature is 34 degrees, with a record high of 61 in 1895.