Onondaga County

Onondaga County (/ΛˆΙ’nΙ™nˈdɑːɑə/ on-Ι™n-dah-gΙ™) is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 467,026.[1] The county seat is Syracuse.

Onondaga County is part of the Syracuse, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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September 25, 2016 Morning

Good morning! A nice autumn morning with blue skies on the first day with more darkness then daytime. Sunny and 46 degrees at Green Lakes State Park in Fayetteville. Light breeze along the lake. A lot of yuppie joggers racing around the lake, as I enjoy the scenery. 

After a nice evening watching the sunset and stars rise on Jones Hill, I’m out hiking at Green Lakes State Park. Not much color yet but peak color doesn’t happen at Green Lakes State Park until the week after Columbus Day or later due to the lower elevations. Even at Labrador Hollow down in Fabius doesn’t show much color yet. If I go down there next week, I’m sure there will be more colors. 

The stars were pretty great at Labrador Hollow and the drive back to North Syracuse wasn’t too bad. I stayed up there looking at the stars and lights below until nearly nine o’clock. Without the moonlight and the dense forest, I needed a flashlight almost the whole way down the mountain, because it was dark. Several people were up there until sunset, but shortly after sunset, everybody left, and I cracked open a beer and laid on my back for over an hour, just looking at the stars. 

Today will be a relaxing, pleasant autumn Sunday. In Syracuse, it will be sunny, with a high of 64 degrees at 3pm. Four degrees below normal. Very autumn like. Very clear and dry. Maximum dew point of 39 at 9am. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. The record high of 89 was set in 1970. The sun will set at 6:54 pm with dusk around 7:22 pm, which is 1 minutes and 48 seconds earlier than yesterday. Today will have 11 hours and 58 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 2 minutes and 55 seconds over yesterday. It is the first day with more darkness then daylight. 

Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low of 41 degrees at 6am. Six degrees below normal. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph after midnight. The record low of 29 occurred back in 1947.

There are 3 weeks until the Hunter Moon when the sun will be setting at 6:18 pm with dusk at 6:46 pm. The predator hunters will like that. The average high temperature is 60 degrees, with a record high of 88 in 1947.

September 23, 2016 Night

Good evening! Mostly cloudy and 57 degrees in North Syracuse. There is a north breeze at 7 mph. Feels a bit chilly outside. The dew point is 52 degrees. The skies will clear around 1 am.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low of 47 degrees at 4am. One degree below normal. North wind 3 to 7 mph. The record low of 27 occurred back in 1963. Waning Crescent Moon tonight with 44% illuminated. The moon will rise around 12:39 am. The New Moon is on Saturday, October 1st at 12:11 am with mostly clear expected. The Full β€œHunter” Moon is on Sunday, October 16th at 4:23 am.

Tomorrow will be sunny, with a high of 64 degrees at 4pm. Five degrees below normal. Maximum dew point of 46 at 6am. Light north wind increasing to 6 to 11 mph in the morning. The record high of 87 was set in 1961.

In four weeks on October 21 the sun will be setting at 6:10 pm, which is 47 minutes earlier then tonight. The average high is 58 degrees, and the record for that date is 81 degrees was set back in 1979.

September 23, 2016 Morning

Good morning! Kind of a dreary start to our Friday but we have a nice fall weekend on tap. Mostly cloudy and 67 degrees in North Syracuse. There is a west-northwest breeze at 5 mph. The dew point is 59 degrees. The skies will clear around 7 pm.

Today will have scattered showers, mainly after 9am. Mostly cloudy, with a high of 69 degrees at 11am. Typical for today. Maximum dew point of 60 at 10am. North wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. The record high of 97 was set in 1895.

The sun will set at 6:58 pm with dusk around 7:26 pm, which is 1 minutes and 48 seconds earlier than yesterday. Today will have 12 hours and 4 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy, with a low of 47 degrees at 5am. One degrees below normal. North wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm after midnight. The record low of 27 occurred back in 1963.

A nice weekend coming up with somewhat cool temperatures. Both days will be very clear with autumn like few points. Saturday, sunny, with a high near 63. Light northwest wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Maximum dew point of 46 at 8am. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 62. Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. Maximum dew point of 40 at 8am. Typical average high for the weekend is 69 degrees.