Good evening! That Thursday before Memorial Day Weekend.  Light rain and 57 degrees in City of Albany. There is a east-northeast breeze at 8 mph. The dew point is 51 degrees. 0.19 inches of rain is expected before it ends tomorrow around 1 am. 

Going to be a fairly wet evening. Hopefully it will drier tomorrow and traffic won’t be such a slog. Things really aren’t moving well tonight traffic wise with the rain. I guess that is to be expected. I’m hoping the rain will lighten up later on, so I can put the kayak on the roof of my truck. 

The sun will set at 8:21 pm with dusk around 8:54 pm, which is 54 seconds later than yesterday. At sunset, look for rain and 57 degrees. The dew point will be 51 degrees. There will be a east breeze at 10 mph.

This afternoon will have showers likely, mainly before 5pm. Cloudy, with a high of 57 degrees at 4pm. Nine degrees below normal. Maximum dew point of 51 at 4pm. East wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly cloudy skies and a high of 88 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 2010. There was a dusting of snow in 1953.

New Moon tonight. The First Quarter Moon is next Thursday. The Full “Strawberry” Moon is on Friday, June 9th. The sun will rise at 5:23 am with the first light at 4:49 am, which is 42 seconds earlier than yesterday. Tonight will have 9 hours and one minute of darkness, a decrease of one minute and 34 seconds over last night.

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11pm. Low of 52 degrees at 4am. Two degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 51 at 8pm. East wind 6 to 10 mph becoming north after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. In 2016, it got down to 58 degrees with mostly cloudy skies. The record low of 38 occurred back in 1972.

Not a particularly nice weekend on tap. Saturday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. North wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the afternoon. Maximum dew point of 55 at 8pm. Sunday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. Maximum dew point of 57 at 7pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 73 degrees.

In four weeks on June 22 the sun will be setting at 8:36 pm, which is 15 minutes and 47 seconds later then today. In 2016 on that day, we had rain, partly cloudy skies and temperatures between 77 and 52 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 80 and 59 degrees. The record high of 95 degrees was set back in 1954.

Looking ahead, June 1st is Next Thursday, Average High is 80 is in 4 weeks, National Fried Chicken Day is in 6 weeks, Hottest Day of Year (83 Average) is in 7 weeks, Ugly Truck Day is in 8 weeks, State Fair Opens is in 13 weeks, 7:30 PM Sunset is in 14 weeks, Average High is 70 is in 17 weeks, More Night Then Day in Albany is in 4 months, Hunter’s Moon is in 19 weeks, Thanksgiving is in 26 weeks and Christmas is in 7 months.