April 24, 2017 Morning

Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. Next Monday is May Day. Sunny and 42 degrees in Westerlo. Calm wind. A cold start to the day but it will warm up quickly. 

Today will be sunny, with a high of 69 degrees at 4pm. Seven degrees above normal. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. A year ago, we had partly sunny skies and a high of 58 degrees. The record high of 81 was set in 2001. 1.2 inches of snow fell back in 1967.

The sun will set at 7:48 pm with dusk around 8:18 pm, which is one minute and 7 seconds later than yesterday. Today will have 13 hours and 49 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 36 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of light rain, mainly after 4am. Increasing clouds, with a low of 44 degrees at 5am. Three degrees above normal. East wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2016, it got down to 45 degrees under cloudy skies. The record low of 23 occurred back in 1965.

As previously noted, next Monday is May Day when the sun will be setting at 7:56 pm with dusk at 8:27 pm. On that day in 2016, we had rain and temperatures between 54 and 44 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 65 degrees. We hit a record high of 86 back in 2001.