Good evening! Mostly cloudy and 22 degrees in Delmar. ☁ Calm wind.There are 2 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at Wednesday around noontime. 🌡️

Back to work tomorrow 💼 after the holiday weekend and my week off. I wish the weather was better but at least I didn’t have to get up and go to work each day. 👣 But with the bad weather – cold or rain until Christmas Eve I had fallen behind on my steps.

Did 26,000 steps today – did Meads Lane and Five Rivers Environmental Education Center via Fisher Trail in the morning, Bennett Hill in the afternoon and then my evening walk. 🚶 And I got milk 🥛 for the morning.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 17 degrees at 1am. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around January 6th. Maximum wind chill around 14 at 6am; South wind 3 to 5 mph. In 2021, we had cloudy skies. It got down to 26 degrees. The record low of -18 occurred back in 1914.

Tonight will have a Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon with 17% illuminated. At 8 PM, the moon was in the west-southwest (242°) at an altitude of 3° from the horizon, some 227,290 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by June 17^th. Buckle up for safety! 💺

The Wolf 🐺 Moon is on Friday, January 6. The darkest hour is at 11:57 pm, followed by dawn at 6:53 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:25 am in the east-southeast (122°) and last for 3 minutes and 25 seconds. Sunrise is 20 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 8:11 am with sun in the southeast (130°). Tonight will have 14 hours and 53 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 21 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 31 degrees at 2pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical Southwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the afternoon. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 34 degrees. The record high of 60 was set in 1895. 15.0 inches of snow fell back in 1894.❄

Should be a refreshing change 🚿 after all the cold and rain. I am going to go to the car wash 🚙 tomorrow and return cans 🥫 for recycling ♻ and pick up supplies for the rest of the week. The holiday weekend next week is improving – I can always get groceries in Richfield Springs if I end up heading out that way for New Years Eve.

In four weeks on January 23 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (244°) at 4:58 pm,🌄 which is 28 minutes and 49 seconds later then tonight. In 2021 on that day, we had mostly sunny, snow showers and temperatures between 24 and 11 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 32 and 15 degrees. The record high of 64 degrees was set back in 1906.