This has been happening a lot more in recent years. And it’s not surprising, noting how gray things have been lately. The good news is though that we’ve made it to a Friday.

Good morning! Mostly cloudy and 38 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a north breeze at 10 mph. 🍃. There are 2 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 7 pm. ☃️

Today will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a high of 40 degrees at 1pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 28th. North wind around 11 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 36 degrees. The record high of 53 was set in 1981. 11.9 inches of snow fell back in 2015.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:10 pm with sun having an altitude of 30.5° from the due south horizon (-40.4° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 10.2 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:28 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (241°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (248°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 5:10 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 9 seconds with dusk around 5:39 pm, which is one minute and 19 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:13 pm. At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 36 degrees. There will be a north-northeast breeze at 11 mph. Today will have 10 hours and 3 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 22 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy ☁️, with a low of 26 degrees at 6am. 11 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 15th. North wind 9 to 13 mph. In 2023, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 10 degrees. The record low of -18 occurred back in 1955.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 35 degrees at 2pm. Blue sky ain’t that weird? And not so cold either. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 9th. North wind 8 to 10 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 33 degrees. The record high of 57 was set in 2016. 6.1 inches of snow fell back in 2004.❄

Looking ahead to Sunday, sunny, ☀️ with a high near 37. North wind 6 to 8 mph. Typical average high for the weekend is 33 degrees.

As previously noted, next Friday is Average High is 35 ☀️ when the sun will be setting at 5:20 pm with dusk at 5:47 pm. Maybe even warmer if the Ground Hog is to be believed. On that day in 2023, we had mostly cloudy, mild, rain showers and temperatures between 48 and 25 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 35 degrees. We hit a record high of 57 back in 1925.