Good evening! Misty 🌫 and 56 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a north breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 55 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around 10 am.

Not a half bad evening 🌃, went for my evening walk 🚶🏻 and it wasn’t bad despite the mist and fog. 🌫 Worked fairly late in the office 🏢 but I was home early enough for my walk. I really don’t mind working downtown although for a few seconds I thought I might have missed the 7:30 pm bus 🚍 home but it worked out fine.

So oddly quiet downtown at 7:30 catching the bus home. 🚏 Albany has long been a a 9-5 city but with the bars still all shut and the hotels shuttered 🏩 everything is so dead downtown but I guess the same can be said mid day too. There is a lot of talk about reopening state offices soon 🏢 but I just don’t see it happening with the pandemic ramping back up. I’m sure you saw that article I shared earlier about Coronavirus being widespread in Connecticut and New Jersey now – its getting bad in parts of Southern Tier New York again too.

Tonight will have a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 52 degrees at 3am. 14 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 16th. Maximum dew point of 55 at 10pm. North wind around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had patches of fog in the evening, which became mist by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 43 degrees. The record low of 17 occurred back in 1972.

Tonight will have a Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon with 23% illuminated. The Blue 🌝 Moon is on Saturday, October 31. The darkest hour is at 12:41 am, followed by dawn at 6:47 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:16 am in the east-southeast (104°) and last for 2 minutes and 59 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 12 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:54 am with sun in the east-southeast (110°). Tonight will have 13 hours and 11 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 44 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of showers between 11am and noon, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny , with a high of 73 degrees at 3pm. 15 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 15th. Maximum dew point of 62 at 2pm. South wind 6 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 60 degrees. The record high of 81 was set in 1979. 0.2 inches of snow fell back in 1926.❄

Upgraded my laptop to Ubuntu 20.04, which is necessary as they are no longer supporting 18.04. 💻 The long term support versions of Ubuntu are good for 2 1/2 years of updates but eventually you need to update to the new version 📂. Unfortunately I’m having problems with getting the sound working but I’ll figure that out tomorrow.

In four weeks on November 17 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (244°) at 4:30 pm (Standard Time),🌄 which is one hour, 34 minutes and one second earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had cold, partly cloudy and temperatures between 38 and 17 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 47 and 31 degrees. The record high of 73 degrees was set back in 1928.

Looking ahead, Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 2 weeks, Average High is 50 🍂 is in 3 weeks, December 🎄 is in 6 weeks, Bill of Rights Day 📜 is in 8 weeks, Days are Getting Longer ☀️ is in 9 weeks, Cold Moon 🌕 is in 10 weeks, National Bird Day 🐧 is in 11 weeks, Inauguration Day ✅ is in 3 months, 5:30 PM Dusk 🌆 is in 14 weeks, Ground Hog Day 🐻 is in 15 weeks and 5:30 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 4 months.

Good evening! Partly clear and 50 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌌 There is a northwest breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The skies will clear around 9 pm.

It was a pretty cloudy when I started out on my evening walk 🚶🏻 but now it’s a pretty nice starry evening not bad for mid October. Its hard to believe in less than three weeks it will be November and Election Day will have come and gone. I’m going to have to get my truck inspected 🔎 then. I don’t know, it’s rapidly get cold outside so I might go inside and watch one of those YouTube videos that I downloaded earlier. 📺

I thought about going to John Wolcott’s house this evening after work 🏡 but truth be told I was pretty tired 😴 again and soon after I left the office 🏢 I got a bunch of emails 📧 to work on from home. Memos and more. But I’m fine for the night. 📖 We are also making good progress on his files 📂 and while I’m sure there is more of interest, the Fort Orange file is mostly done. The more recent files are far less interesting to me, mainly because while they are historical research, the fights to save history aren’t yet historic like the things from the Erastus Corning years. 🧓

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌙, with a low of 43 degrees at 5am. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 7th. Northwest wind around 7 mph. In 2019, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 38 degrees. The record low of 21 occurred back in 1958.

Tonight will have a Waining Crescent 🌘 Moon with 10% illuminated. The darkest hour is at 12:42 am, followed by dawn at 6:39 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:07 am in the east (100°) and last for 2 minutes and 57 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 10 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:45 am with sun in the east-southeast (107°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 52 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 48 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 65 degrees at 2pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 4th. Maximum dew point of 46 at 11am. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 9 mph in the morning. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 71 degrees. The record high of 81 was set in 1920.

I got the new boots 👢 I ordered in the mail today. ✉ That’s good. I wore the black leather boots I got today to work but I’d rather wear the regular boots around home or casually. I also ordered lantern 🏮 mantles but they’re back ordered. I want to clean the lantern well and replace the mantles before I go camping next. ⛺

In four weeks on November 10 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (247°) at 4:37 pm (Standard Time),🌄 which is one hour, 38 minutes and 35 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly cloudy and temperatures between 47 and 33 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 50 and 33 degrees. The record high of 72 degrees was set back in 1931.

Looking ahead, Election Day 2019 🗳️ is in 3 weeks, Average High is 50 🍂 is in 4 weeks, Average Night Below Freezing 🌌 is a month away, December 🎄 is in 7 weeks, Bill of Rights Day 📜 is in 9 weeks, Days are Getting Longer ☀️ is in 10 weeks, Cold Moon 🌕 is in 11 weeks, National Bird Day 🐧 is in 12 weeks, Make Your Dream Come True Day 🏡 is in 3 months, 5:30 PM Dusk 🌆 is in 15 weeks and Ground Hog Day 🐻 is in 16 weeks.

Good morning! Happy Columbus Day ! ⛵ 🍂 Cloudy but no rain yet and 43 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁️ There is a east-southeast breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The skies will clear tomorrow around 5 pm.

Cool but not a bad autumn morning. ☁️ More sun though would be nice. It was a nice weekend 🍂 and I sort of wish I had headed out of town but I did get some nice hiking in at Hand Hollow Conservation Area and the State Forest of the same name, followed by a visit to the Ooms Conservation Area, an open fields birding area 🐦 above a water supply pond near the Ooms Dairy 🐮 in Columbia County. Speiglton Lake is quite pretty little Reservoir nestled in the hills although certainly parts of Hands Hollow were noisy from the Lebanon Valley Speedway and being race day. 🏎🏎 Looked like a good place to hunt on the state forest, as the woods is fairly thin and full of wildlife 🌲🌲🌲 and it’s less known as a newer state forest. Outside of Speiglton Lake there aren’t a lot of trails but most of the woods is quite accessible as long as you have a good map 🗺 to stay on public property.

After hiking I bought stuff to make good baked Macoroni and Cheese 🧀 and it came out pretty good, washed down with a bunch of beer 🍻. And I have meals 🍴 for all week and I might end up freezing it in smaller containers for more food later on so I’m not just eating the same thing over and over this week.

Columbia County with all those monied folks in those old houses is quite a trip. 🏣 So many houses with Black Lives Matters signs and Biden Harris lawn signs. I had to joke to myself that there are more people with Black Lives Matters signs then there are black people in that part of the county. 🤨 I bet though running a dairy in that area must be a bit challenging with the gentrifiers finding every reason to complain. 🐄

Columbus Day 🍂⛵ will have a slight chance of rain between 2pm and 3pm. Cloudy 🌧, with a high of 53 degrees at 1pm. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 2nd. Southeast wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies. The high last year was 66 degrees. The record high of 85 was set in 1954. There was a dusting of snow in 1904.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:42 pm with sun having an altitude of 39.8° from the due south horizon (-31.1° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 7.2 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:41 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (254°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (260°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 6:19 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 56 seconds with dusk around 6:45 pm, which is one minute and 39 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 7:20 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 52 degrees. There will be a east-southeast breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 11 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 48 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will rain, mainly after 1am. Patchy fog after 2am. 🌧 Low of 49 degrees at 9pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 27th. East wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 42 degrees. The record low of 24 occurred back in 1981.

So yeah its not going to be a real nice day. 🌥 I’m going over to John Wolcott house to do more filming tonight 📼, we will see how things go. With work I’m not sure if I’ll have much free time to get over there and go through his files 📂 though until November.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 55. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 56. Typical average high for the weekend is 59 degrees.

I would really like to get out of town this weekend ⛺ but I have to make sure I have good cell service 📱 for work. I’m still leaning towards Madison County at this point. Things could change – some forecasts are more pessimistic especially for Friday but I’ll continue to watch it an decide. Turns out that weather wise the past weekend would have been nicer. ☀️⛵🍂

Looking ahead, there are 7 weeks until Cyber Monday 🛍️ and Beaver Moon 🐻 🌕 when the sun will be setting at 4:23 pm with dusk at 4:54 pm (Standard Time). On that day in 2019, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 33 and 19 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 42 degrees. We hit a record high of 67 back in 1933. Probably have to turn the heat back on by then. ♨

Good morning! Happy Columbus Day Weekend! ⛵ 🍂Next Saturday is Northern Zone Regular Season 🦌. Mostly sunny and 55 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌞There is a south breeze at 11 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 45 degrees.

Nice morning, had pancakes 🥞 and coffee for breakfast. ☕ I want to take a shower 🚿 and head out shortly although I’ve yet to decide how far I want to go. Laying in bed 🛏 watching the birds 🐦 in the tree chirping this morning. Should be a nice day.

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 78 degrees at 4pm. 16 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around August 31st. Maximum dew point of 57 at 2pm. Breezy, with a south wind 11 to 16 mph increasing to 17 to 22 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 69 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 1939. 0.8 inches of snow fell back in 1925.❄

It looks like today is going to be a really nice mid autumn day, 🍂 although I think already in the higher elevations the leaves are rapidly dropping. I might go for a hike in the back part of Thatcher Park 🏞. Lots of nature there, especially in the fields and woods 🐦.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:43 pm with sun having an altitude of 40.5° from the due south horizon (-30.3° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 7 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. Shadows are growing long this time of year. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:44 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (255°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (261°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 6:22 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 56 seconds with dusk around 6:49 pm, which is one minute and 41 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 7:23 pm. At sunset, look for thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 76 degrees. The dew point will be 57 degrees. Breezy, 16 mph breeze ⛅ from the southwest with gusts up to 26mph. Today will have 11 hours and 17 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 50 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers between midnight and 1am. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Areas of fog between 11pm and 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy 🌫️, with a low of 48 degrees at 6am. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 25th. Southwest wind 9 to 11 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2019, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 43 degrees. The record low of 22 occurred back in 1943.

As previously noted, next Saturday is Northern Zone Regular Season 🦌 when the sun will be setting at 6:09 pm with dusk at 6:37 pm. On that day in 2019, we had rain and temperatures between 52 and 46 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 59 degrees. We hit a record high of 85 back in 1947.

Good evening! Partly cloudy and 54 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁️🌃 There is a south breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 48 degrees.

It was a pleasant evening sitting out back. 🌌 Maybe not the clearest night but it’s mild and pleasant for sitting out back. I went for my evening walk 🚶🏻 and now I’m sitting out back for a while. I ended up being at work later then expected so I didn’t make it over to John Wolcott’s house 🏡.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy ☁️, with a low of 51 degrees at 6am. Eight degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 18th. Maximum dew point of 48 at 9pm. South wind around 8 mph. In 2019, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became light rain by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 55 degrees. The record low of 27 occurred back in 1986.

Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous 🌖 Moon with 77% illuminated. The New Moon 🌚 is on Thursday, October 22. The darkest hour is at 12:44 am, followed by dawn at 6:31 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:59 am in the east (97°) and last for 2 minutes and 55 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:37 am with sun in the east-southeast (103°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 32 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Partly sunny 🌦, with a high of 67 degrees at 1pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 29th. Maximum dew point of 53 at 1pm. Breezy, with a south wind 9 to 14 mph increasing to 17 to 22 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 41 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became cloudy by afternoon. The high last year was 67 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 1963.

In the morning I’ll head down to the library 📚 and work down there for a Zoom Meeting 📹. Midday 🕛 I’m thinking about getting my flu shot. 💉 Seems like a good day to get it without many crowds and it’s more important now than before as nobody wants to get the flu with Coronavirus all around.

In four weeks on November 3 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (250°) at 4:45 pm (Standard Time),🌄 which is one hour, 42 minutes and 19 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 53 and 30 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 53 and 35 degrees. The record high of 75 degrees was set back in 1990.

Looking ahead, Election Day 2019 🗳️ is in 4 weeks, Average High is 50 🍂 is in 5 weeks, Regular Deer Season in Southern Zone 🦌 is in 6 weeks, December 🎄 is in 8 weeks, First Sunday of Advent ✝️ is in 2 months, Saint Nicholas Day 🎅 is in 2 months, Bill of Rights Day 📜 is in 10 weeks, Days are Getting Longer ☀️ is in 11 weeks, Cold Moon 🌕 is in 12 weeks, National Bird Day 🐧 is in 13 weeks, 5:30 PM Dusk 🌆 is in 16 weeks, Ground Hog Day 🐻 is in 17 weeks and Save the Pine Bush Turns 43 🦋 is in 4 months.

Good evening! Mostly cloudy and 54 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ Calm wind. The dew point is 50 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around 5 am.

Remarkably warm for second week of August. ♨ I sat out back for a while after my evening walk 🚶🏻 and it was quite pleasant. A fairly busy day at work but I did get down to Hannaford 🏪 for the essentials. Tomorrow it’s back downtown for work.

Tonight will have patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 47 degrees at 3am. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 27th. Calm wind. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 41 degrees. The record low of 24 occurred back in 1965.

Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous 🌖 Moon with 84% illuminated. At 10 PM, the moon was in the east-northeast (79°) at an altitude of 15° from the horizon, some 249,997 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by April 13^th. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The New Moon 🌚 is on Wednesday, October 21. The darkest hour is at 12:44 am, followed by dawn at 6:30 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:58 am in the east (96°) and last for 2 minutes and 55 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 7 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:36 am with sun in the east-southeast (102°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 29 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 70 degrees at 4pm. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 22nd. Maximum dew point of 53 at 10am. Light south wind increasing to 8 to 13 mph in the morning. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 65 degrees. The record high of 90 was set in 1900. There was a dusting of snow in 1954.❄

Going to be a really nice day tomorrow ☀ and in some ways I’m bummed out that I’ll be working downtown. I guess I could do the meeting remotely 📱 but it’s so much more productive to have the in person meeting and plus I’m planning on going to John Wolcott’s house later. 🏡

In four weeks on November 2 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (250°) at 4:46 pm (Standard Time),🌄 which is one hour, 42 minutes and 47 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly cloudy and temperatures between 50 and 35 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 53 and 35 degrees. The record high of 82 degrees was set back in 1950.

Looking ahead, Cyber Monday 🛍️ and Beaver Moon 🎑 is in 8 weeks, Repeal of Prohibition Day 🍺 is in 2 months, First Day of Winter ☃️ is in 11 weeks, 4:30 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 12 weeks, National Bird Day 🐧 is in 3 months, Winnie the Pooh Day 🍯 is in 15 weeks, Martin Luther King Day 🖤 is in 15 weeks, 5 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 16 weeks and February 🌧 is in 17 weeks.