Good morning! Happy Day After Election Day 🛀! The crazy 🤪 days of political ads and nasty social posts are over, right? Next Wednesday is Veterans Day 🇺🇸. Sunny and 37 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌞 There is a south-southeast breeze at 10 mph. 🍃.

Going to be a beautiful next few days. 🌇 The sun still sets early with the time change but at least the heat is off and I might open the windows and enjoy some fresh air.

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 57 degrees at 2pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 24th. South wind 10 to 13 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 51 degrees. The record high of 76 was set in 1994. There was a dusting of snow in 2006.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 11:40 am with sun having an altitude of 31.8° from the due south horizon (-39° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 9.7 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:05 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (243°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (250°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:45 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 6 seconds with dusk around 5:13 pm, which is one minute and 14 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:48 pm. At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 55 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 10 hours and 10 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 30 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 41 degrees at 5am. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 12th. South wind 5 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 36 degrees. The record low of 17 occurred back in 1951.

Awesome weekend on tap, with temperatures running 17 degrees above normal. 😎 Saturday, sunny, with a high near 68. Maximum dew point of 52 at 1pm. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 68. Maximum dew point of 50 at 11am. Typical average high for the weekend is 51 degrees.

I’ve decided to head out to Madison County 🐮 tomorrow for three nights. ⛺ Going to camp somewhere off of US 20 and work out there Thursday and Friday, taking account of the time change and the long nights and how that impacts my days. That said, at least the mornings l aren’t so dark. 🌃

One month 📅 from now the Average High will be 40 🌨 when the sun will be setting at 4:22 pm with dusk at 4:53 pm.