Good evening! Mostly clear and 56 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌆 There is a south breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 44 degrees.

Nice night for sitting out back. 🌌 Sure gets dark early this time of year and with the public library closed due to the pandemic I’ve not been spending my evenings down there with my laptop 💻and I’ve been going out earlier in the evening for my walk. 🚶🏻 That’s good as it means earlier to bed.

All day the skies were hazy from the western wildfires. 🔥 Just kind of a dull gray, like maybe on a hazy summer day or modestly cloudy day but not really dark. A sign of the times, although not that uncommon in recent years. At least we’ve been spared hurricanes 🌀 so far for the year in Upstate NY.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 47 degrees at 4am. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 26th. South wind 6 to 9 mph. In 2019, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 55 degrees. The record low of 32 occurred back in 1964.

Tonight will have a Waining Crescent 🌘 Moon with 3% illuminated. The darkest hour is at 12:51 am, followed by dawn at 6:08 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:37 am in the east (85°) and last for 2 minutes and 55 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 4 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:14 am with sun in the east (92°). Tonight will have 11 hours and 32 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 50 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 75 degrees at 4pm. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 10th. Maximum dew point of 50 at 11am. South wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Going to be breezy. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 73 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 1939.

In four weeks on October 13 the sun will be setting in the west (260°) at 6:15 pm,🌄 which is 48 minutes and 48 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 62 and 42 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 61 and 40 degrees. The record high of 81 degrees was set back in 1930.

Looking ahead, Autumn 🍂 is in 1 week, Average High is 60 🍂 is a month away, Daylight Savings Time Ends 🛥️ is in 7 weeks, Election Day 2019 🗳️ is in 7 weeks, Average High is 50 🍂 is in 8 weeks, December 🎄 is in 11 weeks, Bill of Rights Day 📜 is in 3 months, Days are Getting Longer ☀️ is in 14 weeks, Cold Moon 🌕 is in 15 weeks, National Bird Day 🐧 is in 16 weeks, 5:30 PM Dusk 🌆 is in 19 weeks and Ground Hog Day 🐻 is in 20 weeks.