Good morning! Happy Summer ️⛱️! Two weeks to Independence Day 🇺🇸. Cloudy and 68 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ I brought my umbrella, I’m thinking that may need it later. ☔ Calm wind. The dew point is 64 degrees. A bit muggy. The skies will clear tomorrow around 11 am.

Today will have a chance of showers before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between noon and 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Cloudy 🌦, with a high of 76 degrees at 5pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 9th. Maximum dew point of 68 at 2pm. Southeast wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 76 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1953.

I’m heading back downtown after a long night at work, part of which I spent napping under my desk. 😴 I thought about catching a Lyft home but I decided I was too tired. Instead I caught the first bus out of the city, cooked breakfast 🍳 took a shower 🚿 and it’s now back downtown. I’m ready for a new day and moving forward. And for the weekend.

The sun will set at 8:36 pm with dusk around 9:11 pm, which is 15 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 72 degrees. The dew point will be 68 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 19 minutes of daytime, an increase of 4 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have showers and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then showers likely. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rain. 🌧 Low of 63 degrees at 3am. Five degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 68 at 6pm. 🏖️ Calm wind becoming north around 6 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch possible. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 54 degrees. The record low of 41 occurred back in 1970.

All I can say is that I am tired. 😴 But it’s one step towards a better tomorrow. That said I don’t know how many more years I can do what I’m doing now. Getting so darn gray. The money is good but New York is expensive and only to get more expensive. 💵

Should be an excellent weekend to kick off the summer season, although Saturday may be cool for swimming. 😎 Saturday, sunny, with a high near 76. Northwest wind 9 to 13 mph. Maximum dew point of 52 at 10am. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 81. Maximum dew point of 56 at 6pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 80 degrees.

I doubt I’ll have the time to pack today ⛺ so I think most likely I’ll be heading out to Schoharie County for weekend. Maybe hike and fish Saturday, swim on Sunday. Or something like that. I’ve been thinking about visiting more different state forests and just getting pictures to put on the blog to go with the maps. 📷

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Independence Day 🇺🇸 when the sun will be setting at 8:36 pm with dusk at 9:10 pm. On that day in 2018, we had hot, humid, mostly sunny and temperatures between 96 and 71 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 82 degrees. We hit a record high of 104 back in 1911.