As they say, it’s a dry heat 🏖

Yesterday was the first real spring thaw, with the mercury reaching 86 or 89 or something in the high eighties. But it didn’t feel that way in the afternoon with a breeze and dew points in the fifties.

Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! We made it almost to the weekend. Partly clear and 55 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌅 Calm wind. The dew point is 45 degrees.

Today will be mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny ☁👉 ☀ , with a high of 87 degrees at 4pm. 28 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 50 at 2pm. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 82 degrees. The record high of 83 was set in 1968. 1.4 inches of snow fell back in 1950.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:56 pm with sun having an altitude of 56.7° from the due south horizon (-14.1° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.9 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:58 pm with the sun in the west (277°). 📸

The sunset is in the west-northwest (284°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:36 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 58 seconds with dusk around 8:05 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:40 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 82 degrees. The dew point will be 51 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 13 hours and 23 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 46 seconds over yesterday.

Yesterday once again I walked out to Five Rivers Environmental Education Center 🐸 once again for a 12 1/2 mile, 25,000 step day including the morning and lunch time walks. Not too bad though I wish we had a bit more daylight in the evening to spend on down there. By the time I get back, it’s dark out and time for bed.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌃 , with a low of 54 degrees at 5am. 17 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 2nd. Maximum dew point of 52 at 8pm. North wind 3 to 5 mph. In 2022, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 35 degrees. The record low of 21 occurred back in 1940.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 78 degrees at 3pm. 19 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 9th. Maximum dew point of 55 at 6pm. Southeast wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 68 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 2003. 2.4 inches of snow fell back in 2014.❄

Looking ahead to Sunday, a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. Southeast wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Maximum dew point of 54 at 6am. Typical average high for the weekend is 59 degrees.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Cinco de Mayo 🤠 when the sun will be setting at 8:01 pm with dusk at 8:30 pm. On that day in 2022, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 68 and 49 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 68 degrees. We hit a record high of 91 back in 1944.