This 155 acre property was a gift of Dr. Jerry Bilinski of North Chatham in 1998 to the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy. The hill towers over Clarksville, and stands only a short distance from the base of the Helderberg Escarpment. Although the top of the hill is only 400 feet above the surrounding land, it offers striking views of the Helderbergs to the north and west, and Albany to the east.
Good afternoon! Partly sunny and 40 degrees at the Bennett Hill Preserve. There is a east-southeast breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 10 pm. ☃️
It’s the Sunday morning hike on Bennett Hill 🗻 same one I do every week before going out see the folks. Nice day though it started out cold. But it is now starting to feel like a mid March day. Sun angle has been getting a lot stronger the past few days so when it’s sunny out and not too windy it warms up fast.
This afternoon will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 45 degrees at 3pm. 10 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 15th. East wind 3 to 5 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies. The high last year was 16 degrees. The record high of 55 was set in 1932. 13.5 inches of snow fell back in 1988.❄
Split pea soup 🥙 for lunch at my folks house and then I’ll probably sit out back with the dog 🐶. If I leave early enough I might do a jot up Blodgett Hill. Then I need to get some groceries 🍌, mostly the perishable healthy kind. If not for needing oranges and bananas for work I probably could skip that trip. But I’m eating healthier in my 40s.
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:11 pm with sun having an altitude of 33.7° from the due south horizon (-37.2° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 9 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:44 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (245°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (252°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 5:24 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 3 seconds with dusk around 5:52 pm, which is one minute and 18 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:26 pm. At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 42 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 10 hours and 29 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 37 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 27 degrees at 6am. 10 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 18th. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph after midnight. In 2022, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 5 degrees. The record low of -18 occurred back in 1875.
One month 📅 from now will be Daylight Savings Time 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 6:59 pm with dusk at 7:26 pm (Daylight Savings Time). The average high temperature is 34 degrees, with a record high of 61 in 1895.
America is likely to remain blue for a few more days. That said, my meteorologist friend, who actually made a career of studying shit like this says that we are due for warm up by the end of the month. I’ll believe it when I see it, though. Winter is coming, though the really cold winters don’t seem to stick around like they one did.
Or has it just arrived? I don’t know but it’s much too cold and gray today up here on Bennett Hill. And the sun is setting much too early this time of year.
This Afternoon. Feels like … November 25th.
A slight chance of showers after 4pm. Partly sunny.
Northwest wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
and
45 degrees
,
4:35 sunset.
Tonight. Feels like … November 23rd.
Partly cloudy.
Northwest wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
and
29 degrees
,
6:44 sunrise.
Monday. Feels like … December 6th.
Sunny.
Northwest wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
and
41 degrees
,
4:35 sunset.
Monday Night. Feels like … December 17th.
Mostly clear.
Northwest wind 3 to 7 mph.
and
22 degrees
,
6:45 sunrise.
Tuesday. Feels like … December 9th.
Partly sunny.
Calm wind.
and
40 degrees
,
4:35 sunset.
Tuesday Night. Feels like … November 23rd.
Snow showers likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 70%.
and
29 degrees
,
6:47 sunrise.
Wednesday. Feels like … December 15th.
Snow showers likely before 10am, then rain and snow showers likely between 10am and 1pm, then a chance of rain showers after 1pm. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 70%.
and
38 degrees
,
4:34 sunset.
Wednesday Night. Feels like … November 23rd.
Mostly cloudy.
and
29 degrees
,
6:48 sunrise.
Thursday. Feels like … December 9th.
A chance of rain showers after 1pm, mixing with snow after 5pm. Mostly sunny.
Chance of precipitation is 30%.
and
40 degrees
,
4:33 sunset.
Thursday Night. Feels like … December 10th.
A chance of snow showers before 7pm. Partly cloudy.
Kind of a cloudy, gray November day but that is not stopping the crowds at Bennett Hill Preserve. I decided to hike up the mountain, and I’m not alone, on this not very nice day before going out to my parents house for Sunday lunch
Mostly cloudy and 43 degrees at the Bennett Hill Preserve. ☁ There is a west-northwest breeze at 13 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around noontime. ☃️
