Good morning! Happy Average Night Below Freezing 🌌! Nice. Not that today is expected to be above freezing. Three weeks to Average High is 40 🌨. Might be above average weather by then actually, depends a lot on the jet steam. 〰 Sunny and 14 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌞 There is a northwest breeze at 11 mph. 🍃 with gusts up to 21 mph 💨💨💨. The current wind chill is 0. There is a dusting of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 11 am. 🌡️

Definitely feel like a winter morning, ❄ although the sun really helps make it feel warmer. The sun is still relatively strong this time of year compared to early January. ☀ But the roads are salt encrusted and while I’ve felt colder days for sure its always a shock 😮 when winter returns.

As I noted earlier, it’s going to be cold and maybe even colder than originally predicted. Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 25 degrees at 3pm. 24 degrees below normal. Northwest wind 8 to 14 mph. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became mostly clear by afternoon. The high last year was 44 degrees. The record high of 69 was set in 1964. 6.0 inches of snow fell back in 1886.❄

There is a crash 💥heading in on the inbound lanes on Southern Boulevard slowing traffic. But I should be to work in time, in the dungeon where no natural light exists. At least then I won’t have to look at the snow and the cold. Then it will get dark out and I’ll take the bus 🚍 home. No signs of ice yet on the Hudson River ⛲ but it does look a bit glassy.

The sun will set at 4:35 pm with dusk around 5:05 pm, which is 59 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 24 degrees. There will be a northwest breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 50 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 15 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have increasing clouds ☁, with a low of 11 degrees at 5am. 21 degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around 16 at 12am; Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph after midnight. With less wind it might actually be easier on the heat and feel less cold tonight. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 22 degrees. The record low of 12 occurred back in 1996.

Cool this weekend with temperatures running 14 degrees below normal but otherwise sunny. 😀 Saturday, sunny, with a high near 31. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 37. Typical average high for the weekend is 48 degrees. Bundle up and it will be a nice weekend for early to mid January.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Average High is 40 🌨 when the sun will be setting at 4:22 pm with dusk at 4:54 pm. On that day in 2018, we had mist showers, partly cloudy and temperatures between 39 and 21 degrees. We hit a record high of 63 back in 1998. Alas, winter season is upon us.