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Last Weekend in June Forecast

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This doesn’t look like a particularly nice weekend, at least weather wise in the Albany-area. …

Friday
A chance of showers, mainly before 9am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Light northeast wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. Light north wind.

Saturday
A chance of showers, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 72. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Saturday Night
Rain, mainly after 8pm. Low around 57. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

Sunday
Rain, mainly before 1pm. High near 67. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday Night
Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Independence Day Weekend, the First Call

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The long-range forecast looks nice for Independence Day Weekend, with clear and cool conditions expected for the weekend. They’re talking low 70s for a high in Central Adirondacks. Independence Day (Saturday) may be the most humid portion of the weekend with potentially severe thunderstorms in the afternoon.

Uniform Monday Holiday Act

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Uniform Monday Holiday Act

Until 1971, Memorial Day always occurred on May 30th.

This changed with a 1968 law known as the Uniform Monday Holiday Act which set George Washington's Birthday (later President's Day), Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Columbus Day to Mondays.

Previously, all of these holidays were set days that would float with the week. Between 1971 and 1978 Veterans Day was always the second Monday in November, but Congress decided to return it to November 11th starting in 1979 -- when they created Martin Luther King Day as the third Monday in January.