February 12, 2023 Afternoon
Good afternoon! Partly sunny and 40 degrees at the Bennett Hill Preserve. There is a east-southeast breeze at 5 mph. π. Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 10 pm. βοΈ
It’s the Sunday morning hike on Bennett Hill π» same one I do every week before going out see the folks. Nice day though it started out cold. But it is now starting to feel like a mid March day. Sun angle has been getting a lot stronger the past few days so when it’s sunny out and not too windy it warms up fast.
This afternoon will be mostly sunny π, with a high of 45 degrees at 3pm. 10 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 15th. East wind 3 to 5 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies. The high last year was 16 degrees. The record high of 55 was set in 1932. 13.5 inches of snow fell back in 1988.β
Split pea soup π₯ for lunch at my folks house and then I’ll probably sit out back with the dog πΆ. If I leave early enough I might do a jot up Blodgett Hill. Then I need to get some groceries π, mostly the perishable healthy kind. If not for needing oranges and bananas for work I probably could skip that trip. But I’m eating healthier in my 40s.
Solar noon π is at 12:11 pm with sun having an altitude of 33.7Β° from the due south horizon (-37.2Β° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 9 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour π starts at 4:44 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (245Β°). πΈ The sunset is in the west-southwest (252Β°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 5:24 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 3 seconds with dusk around 5:52 pm, which is one minute and 18 seconds later than yesterday. π The best time to look at the stars is after 6:26 pm. At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies π and temperatures around 42 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 10 hours and 29 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 37 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will be partly cloudy π€, with a low of 27 degrees at 6am. 10 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 18th. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph after midnight. In 2022, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 5 degrees. The record low of -18 occurred back in 1875.
One month π from now will be Daylight Savings Time π when the sun will be setting at 6:59 pm with dusk at 7:26 pm (Daylight Savings Time). The average high temperature is 34 degrees, with a record high of 61 in 1895.