Good morning! Happy Sunday. Three weeks to the last Sunset Before 7:30 PM 🌆. Sunny and 63 degrees at the Burnt-Rossman State Forest. 🌞 There is a west-northwest breeze at 8 mph. Maybe even a bit more breezy here on the mountain 🍃. The dew point is 52 degrees. It’s actually warming up quite quickly this morning and the sun is nice on this mid August morning. Shocking to think how fast though summer is coming to a close.

I kind of slept in this morning as lately I’ve been not getting enough sleep. 😴 It’s such a pleasant morning and by the time I awoke I fell nice and refreshed. I do really love the wild country of the Northern Catskills and Schoharie County and this campsite is nice being a little more open and having cellphone service. Duck Pond is pretty on a nice morning like today and it’s nice to be away from it all for a while.

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 72 degrees at 3pm. Nine degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 16th. Maximum dew point of 53 at 10am. Northwest wind 8 to 11 mph. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. It became humid as the day progressed. The high last year was 71 degrees. The record high of 98 was set in 1944.

The sun will set at 8:04 pm with dusk around 8:35 pm, which is one minute and 23 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 65 degrees. The dew point will be 52 degrees. There will be a west breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 3 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 26 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 56 degrees at 1am. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 3rd. Maximum dew point of 52 at 6pm. Southwest wind around 7 mph. In 2018, we had light drizzle in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It was humid. It got down to 67 degrees. The record low of 46 occurred back in 1987.

I should think about taking down camp in a bit. ⛺ So I can get out fishing 🎣 and on with my day. It’s going to be another busy week but at least I hope to try to get to bed at a reasonable hour this week so I don’t get so tired out by the end of the week. It’s nice Schoharie County for a while and see the open country when it seems like the rest of the world is closing in. 🌎 It’s nice to know the whole world isn’t like Albany

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Sunset Before 7:30 PM 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 7:31 pm with dusk at 8:00 pm. On that day in 2018, we had mostly cloudy and temperatures between 79 and 66 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 77 degrees. We hit a record high of 96 back in 1953.