Good evening! Partly sunny and 77 degrees in Albany, NY. After being cloudy, it’s clearing out pretty nicely. There is a east breeze at 5 mph. The dew point is 63 degrees.

Heading down to the park after dinner to read for a while… 

Sunset tonight at 8:24 pm with dusk around 8:57. Clearing conditions around 70 at dusk with a good sunset. Also, a new Moon tonight, so it should be a good night for looking at the stars.  The First Quarter Moon is on Wednesday, August 10th with partly cloudy skies expected. The Full “Strugeon” Moon is on Thursday, August 18th.

Tonight will be scattered sprinkles before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low of 60 degrees at 4am. Two degrees below normal. Southeast wind 3 to 5 mph. Maximum dew point of 64 at 6pm. The record low of 44 occurred back in 1976.

For Saturday, a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Maximum dew point of 69 at 8am. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 81. Maximum dew point of 62 at 6am. Typical average high for the weekend is 82 degrees.

In four weeks on August 30 the sun will be setting at 7:31 pm, which is 41 minutes earlier then today. The average high is 78 degrees, and the record for that date is 98 degrees was set back in 1953.