Good morning! Happy Sunday. It’s rather cloudy and 76 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ That said, the clouds are helping to keep it cooler. There is a west-southwest breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 64 degrees. The skies will clear around 10 am.

Another hazy, hot and humid day on tap. 😰 Cloudy start to day but I expect more sun later but a tad less humidity. I am going out to my parents house for a picnic this afternoon.

Today will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 87 degrees at 3pm. Five degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 65 at 9am. West wind 7 to 14 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. It was humid. The high last year was 81 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1935.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:02 pm with sun having an altitude of 69.3° from the due south horizon (-1.6° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.3 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:52 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (294°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (301°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:34 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 23 seconds with dusk around 9:06 pm, which is 33 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:51 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 80 degrees. The dew point will be 65 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 15 hours and 3 minutes of daytime, a decrease of one minute and 20 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have isolated showers before 8pm, then isolated showers after midnight. Partly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 65 degrees at 5am. Three degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 65 at 8pm. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 65 degrees. The record low of 45 occurred back in 1939.

On this day in 1967, the Newark Riots begin with over six days of rioting, looting, and destruction leaving 26 dead. We really are fortunate that despite living troubled times, there has been no rioting in our cities.