Bombogensis! 💣 It doesn't only happen for snow. This could be a very big rain and wind event, ☔ probably one of the biggest non hurricane storms to hit in years.
The season's first Nor'easter will bring a widespread soaking rainfall to the entire region Wednesday through Thursday….
Posted by US National Weather Service Albany NY on Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Nor’Easter tomorrow. But it will be rain, not snow. Sorry folks!
Still enough rain that driving your car with manifold vacuum-driven windshield wipers is not recommended, especially going up steep hills. That those 6-volt headlights and tail-lights, as will bias-ply tires will be dangerous on the roads tomorrow evening.
As we head into the month of May, the days finally get longer and warmer.😎 The next sixteen weeks will mostly just be a memory of winter, the cold dark days are long gone.⛱ Summer still has a lot of time left so don’t fret — indeed it will only get nicer with later sunsets and warmer temperature over the next eight weeks as summer heads our way. 🏄
| Week | Date | Dawn | Sun- rise |
Sun- set |
Dusk | Day | Avg High | Avg Low | Record Hi | Record Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | May 1 | 5:17 am | 5:48 am | 7:56 pm | 8:26 pm | 14:07 | 65 | 43 | 86 (2001) | 28 (2008) |
| 1 | May 8 | 5:08 am | 5:39 am | 8:03 pm | 8:35 pm | 14:24 | 67 | 45 | 91 (1936) | 26 (1968) |
| 2 | May 15 | 4:59 am | 5:32 am | 8:11 pm | 8:43 pm | 14:39 | 69 | 47 | 93 (1900) | 31 (1977) |
| 3 | May 22 | 4:52 am | 5:25 am | 8:18 pm | 8:51 pm | 14:52 | 71 | 49 | 97 (1911) | 33 (2002) |
| 4 | May 29 | 4:47 am | 5:21 am | 8:24 pm | 8:58 pm | 15:03 | 73 | 51 | 93 (1931) | 34 (1956) |
| 5 | Jun 5 | 4:43 am | 5:18 am | 8:29 pm | 9:04 pm | 15:11 | 75 | 53 | 97 (1925) | 39 (1990) |
| 6 | Jun 12 | 4:42 am | 5:17 am | 8:33 pm | 9:08 pm | 15:16 | 77 | 56 | 95 (2017) | 38 (1972) |
| 7 | Jun 19 | 4:42 am | 5:17 am | 8:36 pm | 9:11 pm | 15:19 | 79 | 58 | 94 (1995) | 38 (1950) |
| 8 | Jun 26 | 4:44 am | 5:19 am | 8:37 pm | 9:12 pm | 15:17 | 81 | 59 | 99 (1952) | 39 (1979) |
| 9 | Jul 3 | 4:48 am | 5:23 am | 8:36 pm | 9:11 pm | 15:13 | 82 | 61 | 102 (1911) | 44 (1978) |
| 10 | Jul 10 | 4:53 am | 5:27 am | 8:33 pm | 9:08 pm | 15:06 | 82 | 61 | 100 (1936) | 47 (1963) |
| 11 | Jul 17 | 5:00 am | 5:33 am | 8:29 pm | 9:03 pm | 14:56 | 83 | 62 | 99 (1900) | 45 (1974) |
| 12 | Jul 24 | 5:07 am | 5:40 am | 8:23 pm | 8:56 pm | 14:43 | 83 | 62 | 96 (1941) | 45 (1985) |
| 13 | Jul 31 | 5:15 am | 5:47 am | 8:16 pm | 8:48 pm | 14:29 | 82 | 62 | 98 (1917) | 49 (1978) |
| 14 | Aug 7 | 5:23 am | 5:54 am | 8:07 pm | 8:38 pm | 14:13 | 82 | 61 | 102 (1918) | 46 (1994) |
| 15 | Aug 14 | 5:31 am | 6:01 am | 7:57 pm | 8:28 pm | 13:55 | 81 | 60 | 97 (1988) | 44 (1941) |
| 16 | Aug 21 | 5:39 am | 6:09 am | 7:47 pm | 8:16 pm | 13:37 | 80 | 59 | 98 (1916) | 42 (1977) |
What the robin is to lawn and meadow, the peeper is to the wooded swamp. The first robin usually appears on a bright, though still chilly day, hopping over a bit of dry yellow grass revealed by the retreating snow. The peeper comes to us as a distant chorus on the first evening a light coat or sweatshirt will suffice, or all of a sudden when, on a night warm enough to crack a car window, we pass a bit of low ground flooded by the spring rains and snowmelt. They’re more often heard than seen. Approach them, and the song cuts off well before you can get near. Peepers are skittish. You would be too if you were very small and made a sound that could be heard a mile away. Nevertheless, they have some remarkable abilities.
This week is the first week of the year when most of the nights are above freezing. The average nightly low is 35 degrees at this point — and 37 by the end of the week, which isn’t warm, but without the frost most nights, it seems likely we will start to see some hints of spring popping out in the city.
It’s foolish to expect lots of green in April, unless it’s an exceptionally warm spring, which this one so far has not been.
Step by step though, winter will fade away into a sea of green.
