The Rattlesnake Hill Wildlife Management Area is a 5,100 acre upland tract, situated approximately eight miles west of Dansville, New York. Roughly two-thirds of the area lies in southern Livingston County, while the remaining third lies in northern Allegany County. The tract was purchased in the 1930’s under the Federal Resettlement Administration and is one of several such areas turned over to DEC for development as a wildlife management area.
The area is appropriately named after the Timber Rattlesnake, which may be occasionally found in the more remote sections of the “Hill”.
The area offers an interesting blend of upland habitats such as mature woodland, overgrown fields, conifer plantations, old growth apple orchards and open meadows.
The area is inhabited by a variety of game species and is open to public hunting. The white-tailed deer, wild turkey, ruffed grouse, grey squirrel, cottontail rabbit and woodcock are found on the area. An occasional snowshoe hare may be observed adjacent to thick creek bottom brush or conifer plantation habitats.
A number of small marsh units have been developed and provide limited hunting for waterfowl. Some of the area’s furbearing species such as mink, beaver and raccoon may be occasionally viewed at these marsh units.
Good morning! Happy Thursday. The direct drive of the week. Tomorrow we shove it down to over drive and the weekend. Mostly cloudy and 28 degrees for the morning walk in Delmar at 6:15 am. ☁ There is a northwest breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. There is a dusting of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at around 9 am. 🌡️
And so the cycle repeats. 🔴 Like a red rubber ball. Cold start to the morning but it’s still March. Going to be so dark come next week but I’ve already been practicing getting to bed 🛏 earlier. Today assuming that I finish up my 10,000 steps 👣 it will mark a 50 day straight run of walking my goal 🥅 though most days I beat my goal. Session day but I was out walking 🚶 early and there is no reason why I can’t do an evening walk 🌃 too.
Today will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a high of 40 degrees at 3pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 2nd. Northwest wind around 10 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became light snow by afternoon. The high last year was 35 degrees. The record high of 81 was set in 2016. 6.9 inches of snow fell back in 1961.❄
I don’tthink it will reach into the eighties today, 🏖 but I remember those days well and the big ol fire 🔥 I had up at Burnt Rossman that weekend. It was beautiful weekend that week, no snow and not bone dry either as it rained a few days before.
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:07 pm with sun having an altitude of 42.8° from the due south horizon (-28° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 6.5 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:17 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (258°). 📸
I was annoyed that the remaining oranges I had bought 🍊 just this week went soft and moldy by Wednesday. I checked them at the store 🏬 and they were good there. Two weeks in a row, once at Wally World and the other at Hannaford. I guess I need pigs 🐽 and chickens 🐔 to eat them. Regardless, I think they must be getting out of season. I have sufficient apples 🍏 and bananas 🍌 at work to make it through the week though and frozen fruit at home. I missed the farmers market this week to get potatoes 🥔 and mushrooms 🍄 yesterday which is annoying.
The sunset is in the west (265°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 5:55 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 6:22 pm, which is one minute and 12 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:55 pm. At sunset, look for mostly cloudy skies ☁ and temperatures around 38 degrees. There will be a north-northwest breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 42 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over yesterday.
I finally fixed the button on my salmon pink dress shirt 👚that popped off in January. I didn’t have any needles I could find 🪡 and then I got busy and forgot about it as I had recently bought additional shirts but I kind of like that shirt.
Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 25 degrees at 6am. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 11th. North wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2022, we had light snow in the evening, which became mist by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 20 degrees. The record low of 0 occurred back in 1996.
Today in 1959, Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York. 🧒 Dogs have been enjoying their heads every since. 🐶
Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, a chance of snow, mixing with rain after 11am, then gradually ending. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. North wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. I’ll have to plan to walk early. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 43. About average for Sunday. Typical average high for the weekend is 43 degrees.
The average high temperature reported on the news is actually a lie. 🌡
They don’t usually report the average high but the climate normal high, which is not the average of recorded high temperatures over the past thirty years but a smoothed data set that has various adjustments to account for missing data and errors in measurements, along with suppressing other statistical anomalies like record breaking heat or cold on any one particular day.
Difference Between Climate Adjusted Average High and Actual Average High (March 1991-2020)
When they report on news the average high, it’s not what you think it is.
Day
Climate Normal High 1991-2020
Highs Averaged Together 1991-2020
Difference
1
40.0
39.7
0.3
2
40.0
39.7
0.3
3
41.0
38.0
3.0
4
41.0
37.5
3.5
5
41.0
38.6
2.4
6
42.0
39.8
2.2
7
42.0
40.8
1.2
8
42.0
43.8
−1.8
9
43.0
42.8
0.2
10
43.0
43.8
−0.8
11
43.0
42.3
0.7
12
44.0
41.6
2.4
13
44.0
41.9
2.1
14
44.0
43.6
0.4
15
45.0
45.6
−0.6
16
45.0
44.0
1.0
17
45.0
44.8
0.2
18
46.0
43.5
2.5
19
46.0
44.7
1.3
20
47.0
45.8
1.2
21
47.0
45.3
1.7
22
48.0
43.5
4.5
23
48.0
42.9
5.1
24
48.0
47.1
0.9
25
49.0
48.8
0.2
26
49.0
49.0
0.0
27
50.0
51.3
−1.3
28
50.0
51.6
−1.6
29
51.0
52.4
−1.4
30
51.0
52.2
−1.2
31
52.0
53.3
−1.3
Andy Arthur, 3/6/23. Data Source:
National Weather Service, Albany.
Good morning! What day is it? Well the as signs onthe Staten Island Expressway say, Upgrade Maintain Speed. 🛣️ That and as you approach Verrazano spelled with one Z Bridge, Warning Sudden Stops. Don’t say the Triborough Authority didn’t warn you what is ahead with this week. ⚠
Mostly cloudy and 26 degrees in the Delmar for the morning walk. ☁ There is a northwest breeze at 14 mph. 🍃. The current wind chill is 15. There are 2 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ Continued cold and gray. ️Things will start to thaw out at around 10 am. 🌡️
I was up and walking 🚶 at 6:05 this morning in preparation for next week when the morning is an hour earlier 🕒 based on the changing times of the clock. Today is a session day, so I need to iron my shirts 🧑🏻💼, shower 🚿 and catch the express downtown. If I get a minimum of 10,000 steps in today and tomorrow then it will be 50 days in a row, though most days I’ve far exceeded that number, averaging closer to 15k.
Today will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a high of 38 degrees at 2pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 24th. Apparently the weather man forgot what month it Northwest wind around 14 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 36 degrees. The record high of 68 was set in 2012. 6.5 inches of snow fell back in 2013.❄
I figure it will be cold until it ain’t anymore. 🌬️ Probably go from 30 degrees to 90 degrees in like a day. Temperatures in New York State usually follow a logistic regression with the low tail cold and the high tail mad hot. 😰 I like wearing my vest two days a year.
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:07 pm with sun having an altitude of 42.4° from the due south horizon (-28.4° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 6.6 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:16 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (258°). 📸
The sunset is in the west (264°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 5:53 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 55 seconds with dusk around 6:21 pm, which is one minute and 12 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:54 pm. At sunset, look for mostly cloudy skies ☁ and temperatures around 37 degrees. There will be a northwest breeze at 13 mph. Tomorrow will have 11 hours and 39 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over today.
Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 28 degrees at 4am. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 21st. Northwest wind 10 to 14 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 27 degrees. The record low of -14 occurred back in 1943.
In 1965, Thirty-five hundred United States Marines are the first American land combat forces committed during the Vietnam War. 🪖 But the war would be ramping up for several years in advance and it would stick around to the mid 1970s. It would be the nation’s longest war until the 21st century but the politicians say those wars don’t count as they were under paid volunteer government employees binded by their contracts and their colored skin and or poverty growing up.
Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, cloudy, with a high near 37. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 40. Typical average high for the weekend is 43 degrees. I do want to get out of town one of these weekends but probably not this weekend. But maybe Five Rivers for Saturday.
Friendly Strangers in black sedans will note that, next Wednesday is Ides of March ✝ when the sun will be setting at 7:02 pm with dusk at 7:29 pm (Daylight Savings Time). On that day in 2022, we had cold weather, but mostly sunny and temperatures between 30 and 11 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 45 degrees. We hit a record high of 72 back in 2019.
Good morning! Happy Tuesday.Partly cloudy and 29 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ There is a northwest breeze at 10 mph. 🍃. There are 5 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 10 am. 🌡️
Out walking right at 6:15 AM this morning ⛅ and it’s a partly cloudy, somewhat gray morning for sure. Clearing somewhat, but certainly cool with the breeze. But I’m out and getting my steps in this morning. 👣 Only 3 more days and I will have dun 50 days of 10,000 steps or more, with many of those days being closer to 20,000 then 10,000. The 10k goal is roughly 5 miles, while the 20k goal is 10 miles.
Today will be mostly cloudy ⛅ , with a high of 32 degrees at 9am. 10 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around January 25th. Breezy, with a northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with sunny skies in the afternoon. The high last year was 33 degrees. The record high of 62 was set in 1974. 10.3 inches of snow fell back in 1967.❄
Going to bea cold day today. 🌬️ I guess we are still in the lion 🦁 stage of March though I will note that on March 9, 2016 it was 82 degrees fit at least a few minutes. There is hope, every minute we tick closer to April. 🌷
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:07 pm with sun having an altitude of 42° from the due south horizon (-28.8° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 6.7 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:15 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (257°). 📸
The sunset is in the west (264°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 5:52 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 55 seconds with dusk around 6:19 pm, which is one minute and 12 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waining Gibbous 🌖 Moon in the east (84°) at an altitude of 3° from the horizon, 247,740 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:53 pm.
At sunset, look for mostly cloudy skies ☁ and temperatures around 30 degrees. The wind chill around sunset will be 18. ☃️ Breezy, 18 mph breeze ⛅ from the northwest with gusts up to 29mph. Today will have 11 hours and 36 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌆, with a low of 23 degrees at 6am. One degree below normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 6th. Maximum wind chill around 15 at 6pm; Northwest wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Another fairly cold night. In 2022, we had clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 10 degrees. The record low of -02 occurred back in 1989.
Back in 1965, Bloody Sunday: a group of 600 civil rights marchers is brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama. 🤜 👮 Have we made much progress? It’s mostly a lie. We’ve not made the progress on Civil Rights that the politicians claim.
The weekendhas widely varying forecast. 🤷 It could rain, snow or just be cloudy. Saturday, a chance of rain and snow showers before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 40. Typical average high for the weekend is 43 degrees.
Looking ahead, there are 2 weeks until First Day of Spring 💮 when the sun will be setting at 7:09 pm with dusk at 7:36 pm (Daylight Savings Time). On that day in 2022, we had sunny and temperatures between 63 and 25 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 47 degrees. We hit a record high of 78 back in 1921.
Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. Mostly sunny and 34 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌅There is a northwest breeze at 9 mph. 🍃 with gusts up to 21 mph 💨💨💨. There are 7 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 8 pm. ☃️
A pretty nice morning with a lot of sunshine ☀ but the wind is a bit obnoxious but the blue skies are nice for a change. Not that they are expected to last beyond today. Still mostly it will be relatively mild most of the week as spring 🌸 approaches though a bit below normal for this part of March. Like always it will be cold until it’s no longer the case.
Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 41 degrees at 3pm. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 5th. Northwest wind 9 to 15 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 25 degrees. The record high of 63 was set in 1974. 10.5 inches of snow fell back in 1887.❄
It should be a nice Monday, ☺ even if I do have to work 🏢 in my office downtown. I should be able to get in quite a few steps in 👣 and do my best to enjoy the day. Not a session day until Wednesday 🧑🏻💼 but also not a pay week. But since I’ve been eating healthier and less my food bills have been less. 🍏 I put in $40 in fuel ⛽ in my truck and did a four minute wash 🚿 yesterday but it will be parked 🅿 until Sunday so I’m not going to be burning fuel.
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:08 pm with sun having an altitude of 41.7° from the due south horizon (-29.2° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 6.7 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:13 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (257°). 📸
The plan for today is to walk 🚶 in Washington Park at lunch time and then in the evening to maximize my steps. 👣 Going to be a nice day by March standards but it would nice if it was a bit warmer and less snow and mud on the ground. Spring will come eventually.
The sunset is in the west (263°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 5:51 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 55 seconds with dusk around 6:18 pm, which is one minute and 13 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the east (86°) at an altitude of 14° from the horizon, 249,751 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:52 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 38 degrees. There will be a northwest breeze at 13 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 30 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over yesterday.
I am bringing in a big load of fresh fruit for my office 🍏 as I was running low by the second half of the week last week. Usually keep the frozen fruit for home and the fresh stuff for work where I don’t have a freezer. Always like to he nibbling on it through out the day to keep my blood sugar 🍚 level so I’m not so hungry and wanting a big meal when I get home. I definitely feel healthier and more level headed, not sure if I slimmed down much but like anything it’s a journey and it takes time.
Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 24 degrees at 5am. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 8th. Northwest wind 9 to 11 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 15 degrees. The record low of -6 occurred back in 1950.
Today in 1857, Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case. ⚖️ After the Civil War it was overruled much like Row v Wade was. 🤱 I don’t like the abortion promotion industry or sex outside of marriage and procreation or the disposablity of life. But whatever. I’m more okay with gas stations selling abortion pills or grocery stores but not in glossy cases with television commercials between Saturday children shows.
Not a particularly nice weekend on tap. 😞 Saturday, a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Sunday, a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Typical average high for the weekend is 43 degrees.
Looking ahead, there are 5 weeks until 8 PM Dusk 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 7:32 pm with dusk at 8:00 pm (Daylight Savings Time). On that day in 2022, we had partly cloudy, warm and temperatures between 74 and 49 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 57 degrees. We hit a record high of 86 back in 1922.
Good evening! Partly clear and 33 degrees for the evening walk in Delmar. 🌃 There is a west-northwest breeze at 9 mph. 🍃. There are 2 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Temperatures will drop below freezing around midnight. ☃️
The snow storm 🌨 that was yesterday is pretty much just as memory as the snow melts away. At least in the city, I bet it will be gone tomorrow. Just the mud left. Maybe we will get more rain or snow later in the week but I don’t think it will last. I think we are passed that based on the statistics but I know there are always outliers.
The dire emergency snowstorm really wasn’t a big deal 🌲though some tree branches came down though I don’t think many people lost power 🔌 but what do I know, I don’t really listen to the radio 📻 much for the news 📰. That said, I’ve been updating my music 🎶 collection and now I’ve moved on to the seventies with getting a John Prine record 💿 to add to my collection. Much more up to date than the Weavers.
Spent a lot of my weekend studying machine learning 🤖 and statistics and calculating. For too long I’ve struggled to fully understand Kriging in R but it finally clicked today. 🖥 Kriging is a method of predicting data on a map from known points.
Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 29 degrees at 4am. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 24th. Northwest wind 9 to 11 mph. In 2022, we had light snow in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 14 degrees. The record low of -21 occurred back in 1948.
Earlier this evening I washed off Big Red 🧽 🛻 and went to Walmart and got food and supplies. 🍏 I went there after visiting my folks out in Westerlo for lunch, and heading out there, US 9W was closed, and was detoured through Selkirk. So I ended up sitting down by the river in my truck for about a half hour at the Henry Hudson Park. 🐦 I haven’t been there in a long time, I used to go fishing down there 🎣 but with higher gas prices and everything else, not so much these days.
Tonight will have a Full 🌝 Moon with 97% illuminated. At 8 PM, the moon was in the east-southeast (108°) at an altitude of 42° from the horizon, some 251,136 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by September 12th. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Worm 🐛 Moon is on Tuesday, March 7. The darkest hour is at 12:08 am, followed by dawn at 5:58 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:26 am in the east (98°) and last for 2 minutes and 56 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 40 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:04 am with sun in the east-southeast (104°).Tonight will have 12 hours and 30 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over last night.
Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 41 degrees at 3pm. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 4th. Northwest wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 25 degrees. The record high of 63 was set in 1974. 10.5 inches of snow fell back in 1887.❄
In four weeks on April 2 the sun will be setting in the west (278°) at 7:23 pm (Daylight Savings Time),🌄 which is one hour, 32 minutes and 39 seconds later then tonight. In 2021 on that day, we had cold, mostly cloudy, snow showers and temperatures between 36 and 24 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 53 and 32 degrees. The record high of 77 degrees was set back in 2010.
Looking ahead, Daylight Savings Time 🌆 is Next Sunday, Last Day of Winter 🏂 is Next Sunday, 7:30 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 5 weeks, Average High is 60 🌷 is in 6 weeks, Cinco de Mayo 🤠 is in 2 months, 8 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 9 weeks, Mothers Day 👩 is in 10 weeks, 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ is in 3 months, Fathers Day 👨 is in 14 weeks, Hottest Time of the Year 😅 is in 4 months, Dog Days of Summer 🌻 is in 4 months, Last Sunset After 8:30 PM 🌆 is in 19 weeks, Work Like a Dog Day 🐩 is in 5 months, 6:30 Sunrise 🌇 is in 27 weeks, Constitution Day 📜 is in 28 weeks, October 🎃 is in 30 weeks, Average High is 65 🍂 is in 31 weeks, Repeal of Prohibition Day 🍺 is in 9 months, 7:15 AM Sunrise ⌛️ is in 40 weeks and Christmas Eve 🎅 is in 42 weeks.
Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! Partly clear 🌅 and 27 degrees for the morning walk 🚶. There is a north-northwest breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. There is a inch of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at around 10 am. 🌡️In preparation for the next snow storm which is unfortunately coming on a Saturday when I like to walk 👣 out to Five Rivers.
Not the worse morning ever 🌄but I’m well aware it’s still early March and it will only get warmer through July. It’s March and we might still get some final gasps of winter but it can’t hold out for long.
Mornings are noticeably brighter now 🔆 that is when the sun is shinning. That said it’s right in my eyes 👀 on the Delmar bypass which is obnoxious. It only gets worse come spring though in a little over a week things will be dark unless I push my morning walk back to 6:45 which I might have to for a few weeks. 🐦 I can hear the Red Winged black birds out so that’s a sign of spring 🌸.
Today will have increasing clouds ☁, with a high of 39 degrees at 2pm. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 27th. North wind 5 to 8 mph becoming light and variable. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 43 degrees. The record high of 64 was set in 2002. 10.9 inches of snow fell back in 1994.❄
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:08 pm with sun having an altitude of 40.5° from the due south horizon (-30.3° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 7 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:09 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (255°). 📸
The sunset is in the west (262°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 5:47 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 56 seconds with dusk around 6:15 pm, which is one minute and 13 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the east (97°) at an altitude of 45° from the horizon, 252,255 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:48 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 37 degrees. There will be a east-northeast breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 22 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will rain and snow, possibly mixed with sleet before 2am, then snow, possibly mixed with sleet. The snow could be heavy at times. Low of 32 degrees at 12am. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 30th. East wind 6 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible. In 2022, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 22 degrees. The record low of -20 occurred back in 1950.
Back in 1972, an airplane crashes in suburban Albany, off Holmesdale Ave in Albany (near Colvin Avenue and Washington Ave). Regional Carrier, 🛬 Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures. Also today in 1873, U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any “obscene, lewd, or lascivious” books through the mail. 🧑⚖️ 150 years later, all the pornography is on the evening news. 📰 And in 1991, an amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.
Tomorrow will rain, possibly mixed with snow. The snow could be heavy at times. 🌧 High of 37 degrees at 2pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 24th. North wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 36 degrees. The record high of 59 was set in 1919. 8.3 inches of snow fell back in 1971.❄
Looking ahead to Sunday, partly sunny, ☀ with a high near 42. Northwest wind 6 to 11 mph. That will be tough on the snow. I’m good with that fact though, I’m not that big of a fan of winter especially needing new skis 🎿 come next year. Typical average high for the weekend is 41 degrees.
Looking ahead, there are 2 weeks until St. Patrick’s Day 🍀 when the sun will be setting at 7:05 pm with dusk at 7:31 pm (Daylight Savings Time). On that day in 2022, we had cloudy and temperatures between 45 and 28 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 45 degrees. We hit a record high of 75 back in 1990.
