Good morning! Happy Thursday. Did you know tomorrow is Friday? Mostly sunny and 65 degrees in Delmar. Calm wind. The dew point is 56 degrees. A pretty nice morning. Two more work days until vacation.

Today will be sunny, with a high of 88 degrees at 3pm. Five degrees above normal. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the morning. Maximum dew point of 61 at 6pm. The record high of 101 was set in 1930. The sun will set at 8:25 pm with dusk around 8:58 pm, which is 52 seconds earlier than yesterday. Today will have 14 hours and 48 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 1 minute and 48 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy, with a low of 65 degrees at 5am. Three degrees above normal. South wind around 6 mph. Maximum dew point of 62 at 7pm. The record low of 47 occurred back in 1970.

0.5 inch of rain expected between Friday 8am and Saturday 7am. Within the next four days, a total of 0.5 inches of rain is expected. We have quite a bit of muggy weather in the next few days. Friday 10am – Saturday 11pm. Maximum temperature will be 92 degrees, a heat index reaching 96, and a maximum dew point of 71. Monday 7am – Tuesday 1pm. Maximum temperature will be 90 degrees, a heat index reaching 95, and a maximum dew point of 70. Tuesday 6pm – Tuesday 9pm. Maximum temperature will be 84 degrees, a heat index reaching 86, and a maximum dew point of 65.

On this day in 1925, Dayton, Tennessee high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100. Darn criminals ruining our country. The judge incorrectly set the fine, rather then letting the jury do it, so his conviction was overturned on appeal. The law would remain on the books until it was repealed 1967. Also in 1983, the world’s lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F). They should build a pipe and send it up north to cool off people efficently.

There are 5 weeks until State Fair Opens when the sun will be setting at 7:39 pm with dusk at 8:09 pm. The average high temperature is 79 degrees, with a record high of 99 in 1947.

Yesterday was a long day but I got to see some beautiful country. I am not sure if I will though take US 20 out to the Finger Lakes, as it seems like an awful long trip that way. I’ll have to think about it some more. I really hate NY 76 to Ithaca. It’s always so congested and hilly, therefore not fun to drive. Montezuma probably ain’t that great in mid-summer.  Maybe there is US 20 to NY 13 to Ithaca. Or some other route. That said, I want to go efficiently, as it’s a long drive no matter how I go.