MODIS Vegetation Index EVI
Looking at the greening up of the landscape.
Spring
12 hours of daylight
Today there will be exactly 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness in Albany. This is due to the way sunlight is bent in the earth’s atmosphere, coming 4 calender days before the first day of calender spring. Starting tomorrow until September 26th, every day will have more daylight then darkness.
A Look Ahead Towards the Start of Meteorological Spring
In like a lion, out like a lamb in Albany, NY as we start meteorological spring …
March 1st
Average High – 40 degrees
Average Low – 22 degrees
Records:
Negative 9 below in 1940
66 degrees in 2017
March 31st
Average High – 52 degrees
Average Low – 31 degrees
Records:
12 degrees in 1923
89 degrees in 1998
Nice temperatures are just around the corner. Daylight savings time begins a week from Sunday on March 10th — an average high of 43. The first day of spring is Tuesday March 19th — an average high of 46.
What Does 200 Calories Look like?
Average Summer Precipation
Western NY – Terra – May 31, 2022
You can see the cultivated ground this time of year clearly on the Terra Satellite in Western NY.
Mothers Day – May 8, 2022
Monitoring the green up across the state.