Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Four weeks to Primary Day 🗳️. Rain showers (shocking) and 55 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a east-southeast breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 46 degrees. The skies will clear Friday around 7 am. At least it won’t be too cold this week at least compared to mid April.

Ever since hiking on Sunday 🚶 I’ve been kind of stiff and sore. Not sure what the issue is but maybe I’m getting a cold or something from Saturday’s maybe somewhat excessive drinking. 🍻 But my hope is it will wear off soon. The dampness won’t help but at least the weather wasn’t too bad this weekend.

Today will rain, with thunderstorms also possible after 5pm. 🌧 High of 57 degrees at 5pm. 16 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 13th. Don’t worry, quarterly tax payments aren’t due until June 15th even if the weather feels like mid April. Maximum dew point of 51 at 4pm. 🏖️ East wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 74 degrees. The record high of 93 was set in 2016. There was a dusting of snow in 1902.❄

Today I have to call the dentist about rescheduling my appointment because my dental hygienist called last week and isn’t available on that day. 😬 It’s tricky rescheduling with session in June but hopefully I can do it.

The sun will set at 8:23 pm with dusk around 8:57 pm, which is 52 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 56 degrees. The dew point will be 50 degrees. There will be a east-northeast breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 15 hours and one minute of daytime, an increase of one minute and 29 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then a chance of showers. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, cloudy 🌧, with a low of 48 degrees at 6am. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 20th. Light and variable wind becoming north 5 to 7 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies. It became humid as the night progressed. It got down to 62 degrees. The record low of 34 occurred back in 1956.

Tomorrow I’ll pick up the dry cleaning 👔and maybe a few groceries if I need them. Not sure, I’m pretty well set at home. I also want to see if I can get that hammock warrantied again (sigh) and get that battery box. 🔋 I’d like to a hike in the Pine Bush but I doubt that would happen with the poor weather this week. ☁ Or maybe it will wait until the weekend.

Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until Primary Day 🗳️ when the sun will be setting at 8:37 pm with dusk at 9:12 pm. On that day in 2018, we had mostly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 78 and 55 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 80 degrees. We hit a record high of 95 back in 1898.