Good morning! Where did September go? Only a few more hours until October. π Four weeks to Average High is 55 π. Rain showers and 56 degrees in Delmar, NY. β There is a west breeze at 9 mph. π.
Today will have showers likely, mainly before 11am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny π, with a high of 68 degrees at 4pm. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 27th. Maximum dew point of 55 at 8am. Breezy, with a west wind 9 to 14 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. A year ago, we had cloudy skies. The high last year was 68 degrees. The record high of 88 was set in 1905.
Solar noon π is at 12:46 pm with sun having an altitude of 44.4Β° from the due south horizon (-26.5Β° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 6.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour π
starts at 6:02 pm with the sun in the west (260Β°). πΈ The sunset is in the west (267Β°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 6:39 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 7:06 pm, which is one minute and 45 seconds earlier than yesterday. π At dusk you’ll see the Full π Moon in the east-southeast (102Β°) at an altitude of 5Β° from the horizon, 250,242 miles away. π The best time to look at the stars is after 7:40 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies π and temperatures around 63 degrees. The dew point will be 46 degrees. Breezy, 16 mph breeze β
from the southwest with gusts up to 26mph. Today will have 11 hours and 45 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will be mostly clear π, with a low of 49 degrees at 6am. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 23rd. South wind 7 to 13 mph. In 2019, we had light rain in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 60 degrees. The record low of 28 occurred back in 1993.
Autumn like but sunny this weekend. π Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 61. Maximum dew point of 43 at 2pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 65 degrees.
Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until Average High is 55 π when the sun will be setting at 5:53 pm with dusk at 6:22 pm. On that day in 2019, we had mostly cloudy and temperatures between 60 and 45 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 55 degrees. We hit a record high of 78 back in 1971.