February 25, 2017 Morning

Good morning! Happy Saturday. Another very mild day on tap. Partly cloudy and 61 degrees in Albany. There is a south breeze at 14 mph. The dew point is 53 degrees. Almost feels like a summer morning with the windows open with a bit of a chill in the air. The fresh air is nice although the road noise is not quite as nice. 

Today will have more clouds and an increasing chance of rain showers later. High of 66 degrees at 2pm. Only 29 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 52 at 6am. Breezy, with a south wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. A year ago, we had fog, rain, snow and a high of 58 degrees. The record high of 67 was set in 1976. We could possibly break the record again. 16.8 inches of snow fell back in 1966.

The sun will set at 5:40 pm with dusk around 6:09 pm, which is 1 minute and 15 seconds later than yesterday. Tomorrow will have 11 hours and 8 minutes of daylight, an increase of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over today.

Tonight will rain showers before 2am, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. Low of 33 degrees at 6am. 12 degrees above normal. Breezy, with a west wind 17 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. In 2016, it got down to 21 degrees with periods of snow. The record low of -11 occurred back in 1950.

Next Saturday is when the Average High reaches 40 when the sun will be setting at 5:49 pm with dusk at 6:17 pm. On that day in 2016, we had snow and temperatures between 38 and 18 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 40 degrees. We hit a record high of 59 back in 1919. That’s colder then this morning.