Happy Weekend! I really need the weekend because I’m so tired. It wasn’t a bad week but somehow it just dragged on by the end. I think it may have been all those cloudy days. Albany winters really are the pits with all the cold, cloudy and harsh weather. I don’t understand why anybody in their right mind would stay in such an inhospitable climate except for the taes and the welfare benefits they provide.  

Mostly cloudy and 38 degrees in City of Albany. Breezy, 16 mph breeze from the west with gusts up to 30 mph. The skies will clear Sunday around 6 pm. Maybe. It next week is expected to be sunnier but even colder. And maybe some good snow for the second week of February? 

New Moon tonight. The Full “Snow” Moon is on Saturday, February 11th. The sun will rise at 7:12 am with the first light at 6:42 am, which is 55 seconds earlier then yesterday. Tonight will have 14 hours and 8 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 16 seconds over last night.
Tonight will have some widely scattered snow showers, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 29 degrees at 5am. 14 degrees above normal. West wind 10 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. In 2016, it got down to 16 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. The record low of -16 occurred back in 2005.

In four weeks on February 24 the sun will be setting at 5:39 pm, which is 36 minutes later then tonight. In 2016 on that day, we had rain, snow, thunderstorm and temperatures between 44 and 32 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 37 and 19 degrees. The record high of 65 degrees was set back in 1985.

Looking ahead, St. Patrick’s Day is in 7 weeks, Good Friday is in 11 weeks, Arbor Day is in 13 weeks, Cinco de Mayo is in 14 weeks and Memorial Day Weekend is in 17 weeks. Just keep shoveling the shit and it will be here before you know it. Along with the black flies. 

A gray Friday morning in Trump’s America. Not a terrible morning walk down to the express bus although somehow I managed to misplace my keys until I found them. I had to walk a little faster than usual but I always build a little extra time into my schedule, so I made it down to the express bus.

Thirty-nine degrees this morning with some snow flurries. Near constant temperature today, maybe it will go up a degree or two should the sun come out for a few minutes.

Feeling well rested this morning because I made sure to take a sleeping pill last night right when I got home from the library and then I drew my curtains and turned on the red light which made for good sleeping, asleep before ten and not awake until quarter of seven.

The sun will set at 5:03 pm with dusk around 5:33 pm, which is 1 minute and 18 seconds later than yesterday. Today will have 9 hours and 50 minutes of daylight, an increase of 2 minutes and 13 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a slight chance of snow showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 28 degrees at 6am. 13 degrees above normal. West wind 11 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2016, it got down to 16 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. The record low of -16 occurred back in 2005.

Looking ahead, there are 7 weeks until St. Patrick’s Day when the sun will be setting at 7:05 pm with dusk at 7:33 pm (Daylight Savings Time). On that day in 2016, we had fog, rain, thunderstorm and temperatures between 61 and 38 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 45 degrees. We hit a record high of 75 back in 1990.

Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! Just a few more hours to the weekend. Cloudy and 34 degrees in Delmar. There is a west breeze at 11 mph. 

Today will have a chance of snow showers, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high of 40 degrees at 2pm. Nine degrees above normal. West wind 11 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies and a high of 44 degrees. The record high of 62 was set in 1974. 9.3 inches of snow fell back in 1963.