Good morning! Happy Buy Nothing Day! Well I do have to buy a few groceries before going camping and I need another flashlight because I misplaced one and will bring wood because I expect to be running late setting up camp. So I’m not perfect. Mostly sunny and 29 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a south breeze at 6 mph.

Today will be sunny, with a high of 48 degrees at 2pm. Four degrees above normal. South wind 6 to 10 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies. The high last year was 40 degrees. The record high of 70 was set in 2014. 8.8 inches of snow fell back in 1898.

The sun will set at 4:25 pm with dusk around 4:56 pm, which is 34 seconds earlier than yesterday. At sunset, look for clear conditions and 46 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 26 minutes of daytime, a decrease of one minute and 44 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low of 33 degrees at 5am. Four degrees above normal. South wind 8 to 10 mph. In 2016, we had light rain and mist. It got down to 35 degrees. The record low of 2 occurred back in 1938.

I am just finishing up packing now, making sure I have everything I need to hike, hunt, and camp with the long cold nights ahead this weekend. At least this weekend looks fairly mild for late November. This time of year, if you forget one little thing it can make for some miserable nights. But I think I have everything packed on my list. Leaving shortly, as I want to be on the road by nine, and hopefully on the mountain by no later then 11:30 AM. That will be cutting it close in the evening, but I have a flashlight, and hopefully I won’t be setting up in the dark.

Looking ahead, there are 10 weeks until Ground Hog Day when the sun will be setting at 5:11 pm with dusk at 5:40 pm. On that day in 2017, we had snow, mostly cloudy skies and temperatures between 35 and 18 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 32 degrees. We hit a record high of 53 back in 1981.