Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! Currently cloudy and 20 degrees with a 5 mph north-northeast wind. Not too cold but also kind of cloudy. But getting nicer as the day progresses.

Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 37. North wind 3 to 8 mph.

Tonight the sun will set at 5:50 pm with darkness around 6:18 pm, which is 1 minutes and 13 seconds later than yesterday. Today will have 11 hours and 26 minutes of daylight, an increase of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low around 19. North wind around 6 mph.

Today in 1957, the S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.

On the women’s rights front, in 1917, Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.

Happy 65th Birthday to Governor Rick Perry. Oops. He’s the governor of the great state of Texas. A one time presidential candidate, is best remembered for forgetting the names of the departments he said he wanted to repeal as president.

There are 23 days until Easter when the sun will be setting at 7:16 pm (Daylight Savings Time).

Walked down to the Park and Ride. Not too cold of a morning. I wish we had more sun but all and all, the weather ain’t bad, and it will be progressively nicer as our Friday continues. Gets even nicer for Saturday, a bit sunnier with mostly seasonable temperatures.