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February 1, 2019 – Countdown to Summer

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Twenty weeks from now — Friday, June 21, 2019 — it will be the first day of summer.

Sunset

On the first day of summer, the average high temperature in Albany is 79 degrees with dusk not occurring until 9:11 PM.

As I described this day in 2018:

“Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! It’s the overdrive of the week, and a beautiful day. I’m ready to head up to the Adirondacks after work. 🌄Five weeks to Average High Falls To 79 Degrees ⛱. Sunny and 73 degrees in Delmar. 🌞 Calm wind. The dew point is 58 degrees. Going to be a really nice day.”

As I described this day in 2017:

“Good evening! Partly clear and 74 degrees in City of Albany. There is a west-northwest breeze at 13 mph. The dew point is 52 degrees. Such a nice evening, but I’m stuck at work. I went for a walk in the Empire State Plaza for a while — and took some pictures. Hopefully tonight will be the last for the late nights at work for a while. But only god and may four other men in a room know. “

As I described this day in 2016:

“Good morning! This Tuesday is the second day of summer. Mostly sunny and 69 degrees in Delmar. There is a west breeze at 13 mph. The dew point is a comfortable 51. Deep blue skies to the west but some clouds to the east. A pretty nice day is on tap. It will be sunny, with a high near 80. One degree above normal. West wind 11 to 13 mph. A bit breezy but hard to complain. The record high of 97 was set in 1938.”

Winter Storms To Heat Waves, How Better Climate Data Can Make Us More Prepared

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Winter Storms To Heat Waves, How Better Climate Data Can Make Us More Prepared

"In a cow pasture near Shawnee in central Oklahoma, Kirk Wilson parks his work truck, grabs a harness, and prepares for a 30-foot climb. "We're changing the sensor at the top of the tower that measures the wind direction," explains Wilson, a burly meteorological electronics technician with a big beard and a booming laugh. On the ground, another tech uses a GPS receiver to make sure the sensitive instrument is properly aligned before it's tightened in place. When this station — No. 84 — is back online, it'll resume beaming bursts of observations on more than a dozen factors, including wind and air pressure, temperature, soil moisture and solar radiation."

The Doomsday Clock Has Us At Two Minutes To Midnight

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"Humanity remains dangerously close to the apocalypse. At least according to The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the group of scientists that manages the iconic Doomsday Clock. This year, the hands of the clock were left unchanged from 2018, remaining at an unnerving two minutes to midnight."

Dion – Abraham, Martin and John

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"Has anybody here seen my old friend Martin,
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lotta people, but it seems the good die young
But I just looked around and he's gone.
Didn't you love the things they stood for?
Didn't they try to find some good for you and me?
And we'll be free,"