Going home time! Drive safely, I don’t want you tying up traffic delaying my commute home. Mostly clear and 47 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a west-northwest breeze at 14 mph.

It’s nice having the extra sun in the evening, making the evening commute a little brighter. The bus is running on time but it’s one of the older hybrid busses which smells like ozone from the sparky hybrid motors. Some of the earlier hybrid busses real weren’t the best technology. Maybe that’s what is holding back the all electric busses today. Traffic on the 787 is a bit sluggish but moving. I wish it was a bit warmer but it’s still February for a few more days.

Definitely a nice sunset. Tonight dusk will be around 6:10 pm, which is one minute and 15 seconds later than yesterday. At sunset, look for clear conditions and 44 degrees. There will be a northwest breeze at 13 mph.

Tonight will be clear, with a low of 28 degrees at 6am. Eight degrees above normal. Northwest wind 5 to 11 mph. In 2017, we had partly cloudy skies, clearing in the early hours of the next day. It got down to 26 degrees. The record low of -13 occurred back in 1940.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous Moon with 89% illuminated. The moon will set tonight at 4:58 am. The Worm Moon is on Wednesday night with mostly cloudy skies. The sun will rise at 6:34 am with the first light at 6:05 am, which is one minute and 35 seconds earlier than yesterday. Tonight will have 12 hours and 50 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 52 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny, with a high of 51 degrees at 2pm. 13 degrees above normal. West wind 5 to 8 mph. Another really nice day. I will walk outside when going over to the Capitol tomorrow. A year ago, we had mostly cloudy skies. The high last year was 55 degrees. The record high of 61 was set in 1997. 3.6 inches of snow fell back in 2013.

In four weeks on March 26 the sun will be setting at 7:15 pm (Daylight Savings Time), which is one hour, 33 minutes and 8 seconds later then today. In 2017 on that day, we had rain, drizzle, mist, cloudy skies and temperatures between 39 and 25 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 49 and 29 degrees. The record high of 74 degrees was set back in 1986.

Looking ahead, 7 PM Sunset is in 2 weeks, Memorial Day is in 13 weeks, Labor Day is in 27 weeks, Consitution Day is in 29 weeks, Columbus Day is in 32 weeks, Veterans Day Observed (Monday) is in 37 weeks, Cyber Monday is in 9 months, Boxing Day is in 10 months and New Years Eve is in 44 weeks.

Only 87 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!