Weather
Winter Storms To Heat Waves, How Better Climate Data Can Make Us More Prepared
"In a cow pasture near Shawnee in central Oklahoma, Kirk Wilson parks his work truck, grabs a harness, and prepares for a 30-foot climb. "We're changing the sensor at the top of the tower that measures the wind direction," explains Wilson, a burly meteorological electronics technician with a big beard and a booming laugh. On the ground, another tech uses a GPS receiver to make sure the sensitive instrument is properly aligned before it's tightened in place. When this station — No. 84 — is back online, it'll resume beaming bursts of observations on more than a dozen factors, including wind and air pressure, temperature, soil moisture and solar radiation."
October 16, 2018 2:30 pm Update
Today has been a fairly cool day, only warming up to the low 50s. 🌤 We had some breaks of sun, but now it looks like it’s clouding back up again. Then again, such weather really isn’t that uncommon for the second half of October I guess. 🍂
Cuomo blames weather for NY population decline | WNYT.com
New York's problem is it's a very old state, burdened with an aging, rusting infrastructure, enormous legacy costs from pollution and retirees. Moreover, Upstate New York is largely rural and the rural population everywhere in America is declining outside of the reaches of the megatropolises. Rural and small cities lack the dynamic economic environments to are conducive to growth.
Start to June in East, Midwest Might Be a Little Different Than You’d Expect | The Weather Channel
April 16, 2018 12:03 pm Update
151 days in 2017, Albany reached at least 70 degrees.
67 days had highs in the 80s, while 8 days reached the 90s.
The median temperature for the entire year was 51 degrees.