May 6, 2020 Morning
Good morning! What day is it? Hump Day, of course. Mostly cloudy and 45 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. β
Today will have isolated showers after 3pm. Otherwise, partly sunny π¦, with a high of 59 degrees at 3pm. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 17th. Light northeast wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%. 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 89 was set in 1930. There was a dusting of snow in 1994.β
Solar noon π is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 64.1Β° from the due south horizon (-6.7Β° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.9 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour π starts at 7:22 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (287Β°). πΈ The sunset is in the west-northwest (294Β°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:02 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 9 seconds with dusk around 8:32 pm, which is one minute and 7 seconds later than yesterday. π At dusk you’ll see the Full π Moon in the east-southeast (118Β°) at an altitude of 12Β° from the horizon, 227,783 miles away. π The best time to look at the stars is after 9:12 pm. At sunset, look for rain π§ and temperatures around 53 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 14 hours and 19 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 21 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will be scattered showers, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy π§, with a low of 40 degrees at 5am. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 24th. Light northwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2019, we had cloudy skies. It got down to 49 degrees. The record low of 29 occurred back in 1874.
Weekend looks pretty cold but Sunday will be sunny. β Saturday, a chance of snow before 8am, then a chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 53. Typical average high for the weekend is 67 degrees.
Looking ahead, there are 7 weeks until Latest Sunset π when the sun will be setting at 8:37 pm with dusk at 9:12 pm. On that day in 2019, we had partly cloudy and temperatures between 85 and 56 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 80 degrees. We hit a record high of 96 back in 1943.