Good evening! Rain showers and 53 degrees in Delmar, NY. β There is a south-southwest breeze at 14 mph. π. The dew point is 43 degrees. Yes, it’s nice to come home π‘ and enjoy the fresh air with my windows open. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Thursday around 4 am. βοΈ At some point I may have to turn my heat on for a few days but hopefully not long at this point.
Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear π§, with a low of 33 degrees at 6am. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 3rd. Breezy, with a southwest wind 14 to 20 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2019, we had light rain in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 34 degrees. The record low of -10 occurred back in 1939.
Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous π Moon with 97% illuminated. At 9 PM, the moon was in the east (96Β°) at an altitude of 8Β° from the horizon, some 226,309 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. π At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by August 29th. Buckle up for safety! πΊ The darkest hour is at 1:06 am, followed by dawn at 6:48 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:16 am in the east (95Β°) and last for 2 minutes and 54 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 43 seconds earlier than yesterday. π The golden hour ends at 7:54 am with sun in the east (101Β°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 16 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 55 seconds over last night.
I went over to John Wolcott house yesterday and we found some old slides π· from the pig π½ farm on Rapp Road where Crossgates wants to build π’ the apartment complex and Costco. I also got some documentation from him to review. Other than that not a lot of great discoveries π mostly what I expected.
Tomorrow will be mostly sunny π, with a high of 46 degrees at 5pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 19th. North wind 5 to 11 mph. Should be another nice day but no to keeping the windows open tomorrow. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 43 degrees. The record high of 70 was set in 1977. 4.1 inches of snow fell back in 1941.β
Hump Day tomorrow and the weekend will be here before you know it. β It looks like the snow will be gone relatively soon and winter is fading away early. Maybe the Ground Hog was right π»after all.
Seems almost certain now that Biden will be the democratic nominee. π΄ And almost as soon as the election is over he will be forgotten. That said, I still think it’s good the democrats are running someone against President Trump as you never really know what can happen during an election.
In four weeks on April 7 the sun will be setting in the west (280Β°) at 7:28 pm,π which is 32 minutes and 18 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly cloudy and temperatures between 68 and 34 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 55 and 34 degrees. Spring is coming and I’m sure we will have some nice warm day. The record high of 87 degrees was set back in 2010.
Looking ahead, St. Patrick’s Day π is in 1 weeks, 7:30 PM Sunset π is in 4 weeks, Good Friday βοΈ is a month away, Cinco de Mayo π€ is in 8 weeks, Mothers Day π©β is in 2 months, Primary Day π³οΈ is in 15 weeks, Election Day 2020 π³οΈ is in 34 weeks and Election Day 2020 π³οΈ is in 34 weeks.
πΊπΈπ¦ Only 72 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!π¦ πΊπΈ