Good morning! Happy Altamont Fair Opens 🎡! Fair season is upon us. You know summer is winding down. Next Wednesday is State Fair Opens. I’ve never been to the state fair, but then again I’d rather spend my time in the wilderness. Cloudy and 65 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ I did bring my rain coat as I’m not sure if we will get more rain. ☔ Probably not. There is a north breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 61 degrees. The skies will clear around 10 am.

This morning cloudy but it’s expected to clear out fairly early this morning. ⛅ Should hopefully be a nice afternoon, although very humid. Tonight I have a Save the Pine Bush event to go to, 🌲and tomorrow it’s off to John Wolcott’s house.🔍📜 I also need to get some butter for my sweet corn 🌽 and contact solution for my eyes. 👀

Today will have a slight chance of showers before 10am. Mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 79 degrees at 3pm. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around August 24th. Maximum dew point of 62 at 10am. North wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. It was humid. The high last year was 85 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1988.

The sun will set at 7:58 pm with dusk around 8:28 pm, which is one minute and 27 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 74 degrees. The dew point will be 61 degrees. There will be a north breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 56 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 31 seconds over yesterday. Those days of fifteen plus hours of daylight are just a memory.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 59 degrees at 4am. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around August 21st. Maximum dew point of 61 at 6pm. North wind around 6 mph. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It was sticky. It got down to 67 degrees. The record low of 48 occurred back in 1964.

Back in 1962, two gunmen hijacked a mail truck in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and made off with $1.5 million.💰 The money or the people who hijacked the truck have never been found. It would have been worth more then $12.78 million today — it’s actually I really remarkable story involving costumes, fake construction workers and policeman.

I am still thinking about taking a long weekend up at Potholers this very hot and humid weekend. 😎🏊 Saturday, a chance of showers after 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Maximum dew point of 71 at 1pm. Sunday, a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Maximum dew point of 73 at 2pm. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Typical average high for the weekend is 81 degrees.

As previously noted, next Wednesday is State Fair Opens 🎡 when the sun will be setting at 7:47 pm with dusk at 8:17 pm. On that day in 2018, we had partly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 80 and 65 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 80 degrees. We hit a record high of 98 back in 1916.