Good evening! Partly cloudy and 43 degrees in City of Albany. There is a south-southeast breeze at 8 mph. A long but mild day, I’m tired as I head home. 

Tonight will rain likely, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 40 degrees at 6pm. Very mild. 25 degrees above normal. South wind 7 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2016, it got down to 18 degrees with periods of snow. The record low of -26 occurred back in 1968.

January’s Wolf Moon is tonight with 98% illuminated. The moon will set around 9:02 am. The sun will rise at 7:23 am with the first light at 6:52 am, which is 20 seconds earlier then yesterday. Tonight will have 14 hours and 39 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 1 minutes and 30 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will rain likely, mainly between 11am and 3pm. Cloudy, with a high of 53 degrees at 2pm. 23 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 47 at 1pm. South wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. A year ago, we had snow and a high of 31 degrees. The record high of 57 was set in 1885. 12.8 inches of snow fell back in 2011.

A nice weekend coming up with seasonable temperatures. Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 29. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 34.Typical average high for the weekend is 30 degrees.

In four weeks on February 8 the sun will be setting at 5:18 pm, which is 35 minutes later then tonight. In 2016 on that day, we had snow and temperatures between 36 and 25 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 33 and 16 degrees. The record high of 52 degrees was set back in 1925.

Looking ahead, March 1st is in 7 weeks, Ides of March is in 9 weeks, Average High is 60 is in 14 weeks, Flag Day is in 22 weeks and Summer is in 23 weeks.