June 21, 2020 Morning
Good morning! Happy Sunday. Mostly sunny and 64 degrees at the Mason Lake. Calm wind. The dew point is 61 degrees.
Today I plan to do some kayak fishing π£ on Mason Lake to start out the day then back down to Speculator to get ice β and maybe paddle on the Sacandaga River before cooling off in the lake and maybe briefly visiting the library before setting up camp through Wednesday.
Today will be mostly sunny π, with a high of 82 degrees at 3pm. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around July 2nd. Maximum dew point of 63 at 8am. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the morning. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. The high last year was 78 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1938.
Solar noon π is at 1:00 pm with sun having an altitude of 69.9Β° from the due south horizon (highest of the year). The golden hour π starts at 7:59 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (297Β°). πΈ The sunset is in the borthwest (304Β°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:43 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 33 seconds with dusk around 9:18 pm, which is 13 seconds later than yesterday. π The best time to look at the stars is after 10:06 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies π and temperatures around 76 degrees. The dew point will be 60 degrees. There will be a south-southwest breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 25 minutes of daytime, a decrease of one second over yesterday.
Tonight will have patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, partly cloudy π€, with a low of 61 degrees at 4am. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around July 3rd. Maximum dew point of 62 at 10pm. Southwest wind 3 to 5 mph. In 2019, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 55 degrees. The record low of 37 occurred back in 1940.