Spring

March 30, 2021 – Next Sixteen Weeks

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Here is a brief chart that shows the climate normals, sunset times, and length of day for next four months in Delmar, NY…

 

Week Date Dawn Sun-
rise		 Sun-
set		 Dusk Day Noon Sun Angle Avg High Avg Low Record Hi Record Low
0 Mar 30 6:11 am 6:40 am 7:19 pm 7:47 pm 12:39 51.3° 51 31 86 (1986) 7 (1970)
1 Apr 6 5:59 am 6:28 am 7:27 pm 7:55 pm 12:59 54° 54 34 82 (1921) 14 (1943)
2 Apr 13 5:47 am 6:16 am 7:35 pm 8:04 pm 13:18 56.6° 57 37 87 (1977) 19 (1874)
3 Apr 20 5:35 am 6:05 am 7:43 pm 8:12 pm 13:37 59° 61 39 93 (1941) 19 (1875)
4 Apr 27 5:24 am 5:54 am 7:51 pm 8:21 pm 13:56 61.3° 63 41 91 (1962) 26 (1963)
5 May 4 5:14 am 5:45 am 7:59 pm 8:30 pm 14:13 63.5° 66 44 91 (1944) 28 (1985)
6 May 11 5:04 am 5:36 am 8:06 pm 8:38 pm 14:29 65.4° 68 46 90 (1911) 29 (2010)
7 May 18 4:57 am 5:29 am 8:14 pm 8:46 pm 14:44 67° 70 48 94 (2017) 29 (1981)
8 May 25 4:50 am 5:24 am 8:20 pm 8:54 pm 14:56 68.4° 72 50 94 (1981) 30 (1956)
9 Jun 1 4:45 am 5:19 am 8:26 pm 9:00 pm 15:06 69.5° 74 52 94 (1918) 35 (1945)
10 Jun 8 4:43 am 5:17 am 8:31 pm 9:06 pm 15:13 70.3° 76 54 93 (2011) 38 (1951)
11 Jun 15 4:42 am 5:16 am 8:35 pm 9:09 pm 15:18 70.7° 78 57 96 (1988) 42 (1985)
12 Jun 22 4:43 am 5:18 am 8:36 pm 9:11 pm 15:18 70.8° 80 59 95 (1954) 37 (1940)
13 Jun 29 4:45 am 5:20 am 8:37 pm 9:12 pm 15:16 70.6° 81 60 96 (1944) 44 (1981)
14 Jul 6 4:50 am 5:24 am 8:35 pm 9:10 pm 15:11 70° 82 61 97 (1886) 47 (1962)
15 Jul 13 4:56 am 5:29 am 8:32 pm 9:06 pm 15:02 69.2° 83 62 96 (1894) 45 (1939)
16 Jul 20 5:02 am 5:36 am 8:27 pm 9:00 pm 14:51 68° 83 62 97 (1991) 49 (1974)

Spring Field

Wide Open

Apple Blossoms

 

Tulip Break.

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While we are still about a month from a full outbreak of spring weather in the city, I thought I post some tulip pictures to get us into the spring feeling as we wrap up March.

At Washington Park.

Orange Tulips

At the State Capitol.

Tulips Out Front

Tulips and the Egg on the Plaza.

Tulip Time!

A burst of color in front of the Moses statue.

Tulips and Moses

I hope you enjoyed this brief intermission of color.

Talk about today turning into a rather dreary day

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Talk about today turning into a rather dreary day. 🌧

Usually, Thursday is my day to go to store at lunchtime and then down to the library to work, but I don’t think that will be the plan for today — much too chilly and wet today. We need the rain, and it will help kill off more of the remaining snow, and get us out of rain/snow deficit we’ve had lately this winter, but it doesn’t make for nice looking out my window today at work. Kind of miss the basement office when things look like this. Been trying to get my CDTA navigator card updated — they’re having computer backend issues at CDTA but they say they are working on it.

Ready for the Snow to be Gone.

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I am already ready for winter to be over and the snow to be gone.

So I camp and not have to deal with the snow.

Have longer nights.

And bigger fires.

Last night

Spend more time exploring the wilderness.

Fox Lair View

Ten weeks until spring! 🌷🌺

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Ten weeks until spring! 🌷🌺

The season of mud, manure and black flies can’t be that far away. Just make it through a week and do it ten more times, and then we can at least look at the calendar and pretend that spring is upon us while looking jealously at the folks down south with all their green grass.

White, Orange, Red Tulips

10 weeks until Daylight Savings Time! 🕒

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10 weeks until Daylight Savings Time! 🕒

Ten weeks is both a short time period and a incredibly long one to when you think about it. It’s the time period between the first day of summer and Labor Day Weekend. Winter is a slog, but you get through it. But by that second week of March, winter often is receding, and some days are nice. Not having sunset until 7 PM means that the evenings are much longer, especially when you figure in that dusk doesn’t happen for another 28 minutes thereafter.