Good morning! Happy July as our Independence Weekend gets underway! Mostly sunny and 74 degrees in Delmar. The dew point is 59 degrees. Going to be a bit more humid today with thunderstorms but clearing out for the long weekend.

Today will have showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Some of the storms could produce small hail and gusty winds. Increasing clouds, with a high near 79. Two degrees below normal. Light south wind increasing to 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. The record high of 99 was set in 1913.

Tonight the sun will set at 8:36 pm with dusk around 9:11 pm, which is 11 seconds earlier than yesterday. Today will have 15 hours and 14 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 44 seconds over yesterday. Days start to get shorter as July gets underway.

Tonight will have showers and thunderstorms likely before 1am, then a slight chance of showers between 1am and 2am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Typical for tonight. South wind 6 to 9 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. The record low of 40 occurred back in 1978.

On this day in 1963, ZIP codes are introduced for United States mail. If you get a zip code wrong, the best thing that can happen is you have a very scornful postal clerk, and the worst thing that can happen is your mail isn’t delivered. Always double check zip codes. Also in 1968, the UAW becomes a seperate entity from AFL-CIO over policy disputes. The UAW would rejoin the AFL-CIO 13 years later in 1981.

There are 1 month until First Day of August when the sun will be setting at 8:14 pm with dusk at 8:46 pm. Today being July 1st sure makes that shocking.