Good evening! Partly clear and 46 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a south-southwest breeze at 11 mph.

Tonight will be partly cloudy, with a low of 38 degrees at 6am. Three degrees above normal. Southwest wind 9 to 11 mph. With the breeze and the dampness, it feels a bit a cool but then again, November is just around the corner. In 2016, we had light rain in the evening, remaining overcast into the early morning. It got down to 29 degrees. The record low of 18 occurred back in 1988.

Tonight will have a waxing crescent moon with 81% illuminated. The moon will set tonight at 3:03 am. You can see it occassionally under the clouds. The Beaver Moon is on Friday night with showers likely. The sun will rise at 7:28 am with the first light at 6:58 am, which is one minute and 15 seconds later than yesterday. Tonight will have 13 hours and 39 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 35 seconds over last night. Nights are rapidly getting quite long. But so is to be expected as November approaches.

Tomorrow which is Halloween will be mostly sunny, with a high of 53 degrees at 2pm. One degree below normal. West wind 8 to 13 mph. A year ago, we had mostly cloudy skies. The high last year was 50 degrees. The record high of 73 was set in 1946. 0.1 inches of snow fell back in 1913.

I have no real plans for halloween, and indeed by the time I get home usually the trick-or-treaters are already gone. My apartment is set back from the road, and I don’t normally leave my lights on for the trick or treaters. I probably will just stay home tomorrow after work and let the kids od their thing.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 52. Sunday, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 51. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Around normal for the first weekend of November. Typical average high for the weekend is 53 degrees.

Looking at my calendar I realized I have both next Tuesday and Friday off next week. Tuesday is Election Day and Veterans Day Observedis Friday. I want to get my truck to the off-road shop that week sometime to get that bolt tightened, and then maybe for Veterans Day, I’ll think about a road trip somewhere. With the nights so long though, I’d strongly prefer to camp somewhere I have good cellphone service to keep my entertained at night and in case of emergencies.

Eight weeks from now will be Christmas Day and we will be in some of the bleakest winter weather of the year. The holiday season is nice, but then they turn off the Christmas lights and frigid days of January with all their road salt is upon us. It is what it is. We have a few months of cold and snowy weather then it starts to get nice again. I’m hoping though that the snow holds off for most of the month of November so I can do some hiking, hunting, and camping trips. 2018 is going tobe a busy one at work, so hopefully summer will come quickly.

In four weeks on November 27 the sun will be setting at 4:24 pm (Standard Time), which is one hour, 25 minutes and 41 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2016 on that day, we had cloudy skies and temperatures between 42 and 30 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 43 and 28 degrees. The record high of 66 degrees was set back in 1896.

Looking ahead, Christmas is in 8 weeks, January 1, 2018 is in 9 weeks and 35th Birthday is in 13 weeks.

Sleepy time folks. Good night!