Summer

This is a list of the 50 coolest municipalities to go during the month of June, according to the NCEI Gridded Normals

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This is a list of the 50 coolest municipalities to go during the month of June, according to the NCEI Gridded Normals.

County Municipality Average High
Essex North Elba town 68.5
Essex Keene town 69.5
Essex St. Armand town 70.4
Ulster Hardenburgh town 70.5
Lewis Montague town 70.6
Essex Newcomb town 70.6
Hamilton Morehouse town 70.8
Hamilton Inlet town 71.0
Hamilton Arietta town 71.2
Franklin Harrietstown town 71.3
Essex Jay town 71.4
Hamilton Indian Lake town 71.4
Clinton Ellenburg town 71.6
Clinton Dannemora town 71.6
Lewis Harrisburg town 71.7
Lewis Pinckney town 71.7
Herkimer Webb town 71.7
Lewis West Turin town 71.7
Hamilton Lake Pleasant town 71.8
Hamilton Long Lake town 71.8
Jefferson Worth town 71.9
Franklin Bellmont town 71.9
Franklin Franklin town 71.9
Herkimer Ohio town 72.0
Lewis Osceola town 72.0
Lewis Martinsburg town 72.1
Delaware Middletown town 72.2
Franklin Duane town 72.2
Essex Wilmington town 72.4
Warren Johnsburg town 72.5
Franklin Brighton town 72.6
Greene Jewett town 72.7
Clinton Saranac town 72.8
Essex North Hudson town 72.8
Lewis Greig town 72.8
Essex Minerva town 72.8
Jefferson Rutland town 72.8
Franklin Tupper Lake town 72.8
Lewis Watson town 72.9
Greene Halcott town 72.9
Franklin Santa Clara town 72.9
Hamilton Wells town 72.9
St. Lawrence Piercefield town 73.0
Oswego Redfield town 73.0
Lewis Turin town 73.0
Lewis Lewis town 73.0
Franklin Chateaugay town 73.0
Jefferson Rodman town 73.1
Clinton Clinton town 73.1
Franklin Waverly town 73.1

Swimming hole with a good book

June

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The first official month of summer is upon us, with the Summer Solstice occurring on June 21st. It is the month when summer activities get fully underway, when the crops and gardens are planted, with primary and secondary schools recess for the summertime.

Creek

By the 21st of the month, we will have seen the longest day come and go for the year. Sunsets will occur as late as 8:37 PM, with it not being totally dark until after 9:10 PM most nights. The long summer nights will be a pleasure.

Camping

Folks will camp, they will fish, they will picnic and enjoy the beautiful weather. The wildflowers will cover the fields, first the daisies, then the black-eyed susans. We will explore the hay fields looking for Juneberries, those ever so small, but wonderfully tasting “wild strawberries”.

Black Eye Sussie

One of three months of wonderful summer weather, there will be much to enjoy as nature starts to mature into it’s full born of beauty of summer time.

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I am old enough to remember when the average high during the dog days summer in was 83 degrees, with the 1981-2010 climate normals for Albany. 🏖

Nowadays, it’s 85 degrees, according to the 1991-2020 climate normals.
 
Probably in ten years when the 2001-2030 normals come out, we will be talking about normal high temperature for Albany during the dog days of summer being an average of 87 degrees.
 
Come 2050, maybe the dog days of summer will mean an average of temperatures of 90 degrees.
 

April 13, 2021 9 AM Update

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Today’s sunset will be at 7:36 pm.

Then we continue to add daylight to evening each night until late June, usually around the 26th when both the morning and evening slowly starts to loose daylight as we start the long fade back to winter.

7:45 pm sunset – Wednesday, April 21
8:00 pm sunset – Tuesday, May 4
8:15 pm sunset – Tuesday, May 18
8:30 pm sunset – Saturday, June 5
8:15 pm sunset – Friday, July 16
8:00 pm sunset – Sunday, August 1
7:45 pm sunset – Thursday, August 12
7:30 pm sunset – Sunday, August 22

Evening in Tower