Good afternoon! Partly cloudy and 56 degrees at Chimney Bluffs State Park. There is a north-northwest breeze at 13 mph. The dew point is 44 degrees. 30 days until you get to vote for Hillary or Trump, and 31 days until we know most likely who will be victimizing our country for the next four years. We are now 11 weeks out from Christmas too — it will be here before you know it. Christmas falls on Sunday, so if you work week days, you’ll have off Christmas Eve, and possibly the Monday after Christmas.

This afternoon will be mostly sunny, with near constant temperatures, a high of 57 degrees at 3pm. Six degrees below normal. Maximum dew point of 44 at 12pm. Northwest wind around 14 mph. The record high of 83 was set in 1949. The sun will set at 6:33 pm with dusk around 7:01 pm, which is 1 minutes and 42 seconds earlier than yesterday. Today will have 11 hours and 17 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over yesterday.

Earlier this morning, i drove up to Chimney Bluff State Park. I always wanted to go up there, and I decided to go up there because it was sunny. It started as a trip up to Lake Ontario, and somehow I ended up up at Chimey Bluffs. I’ve always wanted to go there, and it was my chance to do it today. It was a lot longer of a drive then I expected, but it was a very nice fall drive, mostly through wooded and swampy areas on mostly flat and straight roads. A bit more traffic though then I would have liked on NY 3 and NY 104.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy, with a low of 48 degrees at 3am. Six degrees above normal. North wind 16 to 18 mph. The record low of 25 occurred back in 1980.

Next Sunday is the Hunter’s Moon when the sun will be setting at 6:21 pm with dusk at 6:50 pm. Lots of moon light for finding those ‘yotes, or in the Northern Zone, heading out in the field early in search of deer. Bright a flashlight though, so you don’t get shot. The average high temperature is 60 degrees, with a record high of 88 in 1947.

Three weeks out from National Candy Corn Day. I like candy corn. I know a lot of people aren’t such big fans of it. Well too bad.

Today in 1967, a day after being captured, Marxist revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia. Today in college dorm rooms across our country his image is featured on flags and posters.

Back in 1812, in a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia at Fort Erie, near where the Niagara River comes together with Lake Ontario.