May 4, 2017 Morning
Good morning! Happy Thursday. Next Thursday is Twilight Zone Day. Mostly sunny and 38 degrees inΒ Albany. Calm wind.
Today will have areas of frost before 7am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a high of 63 degrees at 3pm. Two degrees below normal. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. A year ago, we had rain, drizzle, mist and a high of 52 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 1944. There was a dusting of snow in 1986.
The sun will set at 7:59 pm with dusk around 8:30 pm, which is one minute and 7 seconds later than yesterday. At sunset, look for cloudy conditions and 59 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 15 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 24 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly after 3am. Cloudy, with a low of 47 degrees at 4am. One degree above normal. South wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2016, it got down to 47 degrees under cloudy skies. The record low of 29 occurred back in 1974.
As previously noted, next Thursday is Twilight Zone Day when the sun will be setting at 8:07 pm with dusk at 8:39 pm. On that day in 2016, we had sunny skies and temperatures between 75 and 40 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 68 degrees. We hit a record high of 90 back in 1911.