Good morning! Happy 8 PM Dusk 🌆 ! Three weeks to May 🕊 . Partly cloudy and 56 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ There is a south breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 49 degrees. A rather nice morning, after a cloudy start to the day, going to be a beautiful day for sure. I probably would have gone up north this weekend but I’m concerned with the fire risk with everything bone dry, plus I had that interview with John Wolcott and Greg Bell yesterday, although Leon Van Dyke couldn’t get connected which was a big disappointment.

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 74 degrees at 4pm. 18 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 31st. Maximum dew point of 50 at 11am. South wind 6 to 9 mph. I’ll take that but I also won’t be lighting any matches or dropping lit cigarettes. 🔥 A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 48 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 1922. 5.7 inches of snow fell back in 1961.❄

I am thinking about going hiking somewhere in Rennselear County, 🏃‍♀️ but where I do not know. The Taconic Crest trail sort of appeals to me but it’s a bit of a drive and I’m not sure if I want to go that far from home. I also not getting a very early start this morning, because I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to talk about in counseling next week. 💭 It’s going to be rather hot with the sun out today, and I’m more of an afternoon person on the weekends when I don’t have to get.  🕶

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:57 pm with sun having an altitude of 55.5° from the due south horizon (-15.4° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 4.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:54 pm with the sun in the west (276°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (282°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:32 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 57 seconds with dusk around 8:00 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:36 pm.

At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 70 degrees. The dew point will be 50 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 10 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 49 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have increasing clouds ☁, with a low of 51 degrees at 5am. 15 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 27th. Maximum dew point of 52 at 8pm. South wind 6 to 8 mph. In 2020, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 32 degrees. The record low of 20 occurred back in 1874.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until May 🕊 when the sun will be setting at 7:55 pm with dusk at 8:26 pm. On that day in 2020, we had rain showers, partly sunny and temperatures between 61 and 49 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 65 degrees. We hit a record high of 86 back in 2001.