Good evening! Rain and Thunderstorms and 65 degrees in Hector. ☁ There is a south-southeast breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 62 degrees. The skies will clear Saturday around 2 am.

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers between 1am and 3am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3am. Cloudy , with a low of 63 degrees at 5am. One degree above normal. Maximum dew point of 62 at 10pm. South wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2017, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 56 degrees. The record low of 49 occurred back in 1978.

Tonight will have a Waning Gibbous Moon 🌖 with 90% illuminated. The moon will set at 9:15 am. The Last Quarter Moon is on Friday night with heavy rain. The Strugeon Moon 🌝 is on Saturday, August 25th. The sun will rise at 5:58 am with the first light at 5:26 am, which is one minute and one second later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 9 hours and 30 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 7 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Cloudy ☁, with a high of 76 degrees at 2pm. Six degrees below normal. Maximum dew point of 66 at 12pm. South wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 87 degrees. The record high of 98 was set in 1917.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 65 at 1pm. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Maximum dew point of 66 at 1pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 82 degrees.

In four weeks on August 27 the sun will be setting at 7:49 pm,🌄 which is 39 minutes and 52 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2017 on that day, we had partly cloudy skies and temperatures between 75 and 49 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 79 and 58 degrees. The record high of 97 degrees was set back in 1948.

Looking ahead, Labor Day 👨‍🏭 is in 5 weeks, Consitution Day 📜 is in 7 weeks, October 🛥 is in 9 weeks, Columbus Day 🛥️ is in 10 weeks, Veterans Day Observed (Monday) 🇺🇸 is in 15 weeks, Cyber Monday 🛍️ is in 17 weeks and New Years Eve 🎆 is in 22 weeks.