Good morning! Happy Northern Zone Regular Season 🦌! Two weeks to Halloween 🦇 and the Blue Moon 🌕. I bet the Marcells will approve. Should be extra spooky this year but not many kids trick or treating 🎃 due to the Corona. 🕸️ It’s sunny and 42 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌞 There is a northwest breeze at 8 mph. 🍃.

Today should be a really nice day. 🌅 Right now there isn’t a cloud in the sky. Just finishing up breakfast 🍳 and I will take a quick shower 🚿, check the oil 🛢 in Big Red and be off. 🚘

Today’s plans include Glimmerglass State Park and spending some time walking 🚶🏻 around Cooperstown then camping 🏕 and heading down down to Sherburne and the Environmental Education Center come morning. Going to drive back to Albany come Monday morning as it looks like rain. I was hoping for a long weekend of remote work 💻 while the weather was nice but that was nice to be. So just a regular weekend trip.

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 59 degrees at 4pm. Typical for today. Northwest wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. The high last year was 52 degrees. The record high of 85 was set in 1947. There was a dusting of snow in 1970.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:41 pm with sun having an altitude of 37.9° from the due south horizon (-32.9° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 7.7 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:32 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (251°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (258°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 6:11 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 58 seconds with dusk around 6:37 pm, which is one minute and 35 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the west-southwest (251°) at an altitude of 4° from the horizon, 226,461 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 7:12 pm. At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 52 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 8 mph. Tomorrow will have 10 hours and 55 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 46 seconds over today.

Tonight will have areas of frost after 1am. Otherwise, clear 🌃, with a low of 33 degrees at 6am. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around November 9th. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2019, we had light rain in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 41 degrees. The record low of 22 occurred back in 1978.

Looking ahead, there are 5 weeks until Regular Deer Season in Southern Zone 🦌 when the sun will be setting at 4:27 pm with dusk at 4:58 pm (Standard Time). On that day in 2019, we had partly sunny, shallow fog and temperatures between 47 and 26 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 46 degrees. We hit a record high of 70 back in 1931.

Good evening! Cloudy ☁️ and damp and 44 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a northwest breeze at 6 mph. 🍃.

I got a few things packed and are ready for tomorrow’s adventure. ⛺ Things have been scaled down as I think I’ll only get two nights camping with the forecast and because I’m busy with work and I have to be back for the work session and meetings on Tuesday. I’m thinking with the rain likely Monday after and because I want to avoid driving 🚘 home after dark I’ll probably come home Monday before work.

Tonight will rain likely, mainly before 1am. Cloudy 🌧, with a low of 38 degrees at 6am. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 19th. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2019, we had rain in the evening, which became light rain by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 46 degrees. The record low of 21 occurred back in 1940.

Tonight will have a New 🌚 Moon with 0% illuminated. The Blue 🌝 Moon is on Saturday, October 31. The darkest hour is at 12:41 am, followed by dawn at 6:42 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:11 am in the east-southeast (102°) and last for 2 minutes and 58 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 10 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:49 am with sun in the east-southeast (108°). Tonight will have 13 hours of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 47 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny 🌞, with a high of 57 degrees at 3pm. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 22nd. Northwest wind 8 to 16 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 52 degrees. The record high of 85 was set in 1947. There was a dusting of snow in 1970.❄

In four weeks on November 13 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (246°) at 4:34 pm (Standard Time),🌄 which is one hour, 36 minutes and 43 seconds earlier then tonight. That’s depressing. In 2019 on that day, we had cold, mostly sunny and temperatures between 26 and 14 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 49 and 32 degrees. The record high of 69 degrees was set back in 1964.

Looking ahead, Average Night Below Freezing 🌌 is in 4 weeks, Buy Nothing Day 🛍️ is in 6 weeks, Average High is 40 🌨 is in 7 weeks, Tea Party Day 🐍 is in 2 months, Bake Cookies Day 🍪 is in 9 weeks, Christmas 🎅 is in 10 weeks, New Years Day 2021 🎉 is in 11 weeks, Bubble Bath Day 🧼 is in 12 weeks and 38th Birthday 🎉 is in 15 weeks.

Good evening! Rain showers and 60 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a south-southwest breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 52 degrees.

Kind of a rainy evening but earlier on it was clear 🌃 and I was able to go for my evening walk 🚶🏻. That’s good as with the weather tomorrow I’ll probably be stuck home and not be able to do my walk. I sat out back for a while but I’m pretty tired 😴 for some reason and I’m laying in bed 🛏.

For a while I was feeling a bit achy and after going to the library 🤓 to work for a while went home 🏡 and took my temperature and I was 98.6 degrees. Every little sniffle and I’m sure I have COVID-19. 🤒 But even when you’re socially isolated there are still allergies and I’m getting ols 🧓 to boot.

That said, it was a delightful afternoon working down at the park bench at library. 🖥 I miss going down to the library and working outside. I usually just stay in my truck down there because it’s safer with Coronavirus 👾but the danger of sitting on an outdoor park bench is pretty low especially on a sunny and breezy day like today was until the rain came through late. 🌞

Tonight will have a chance of rain, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 50 degrees at 6am. 11 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 21st. Southwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 38 degrees. The record low of 25 occurred back in 1978.

Tonight will have a New 🌚 Moon with 0% illuminated. The Blue 🌝 Moon is on Saturday, October 31. The darkest hour is at 12:42 am, followed by dawn at 6:41 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:10 am in the east (101°) and last for 2 minutes and 57 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 11 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:48 am with sun in the east-southeast (108°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 57 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 47 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will rain. 🌧 High of 53 degrees at 11am. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 2nd. Maximum dew point of 50 at 6am. 🏖️ Northwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 63 degrees. The record high of 88 was set in 1947. There was a dusting of snow in 2009.❄

I am concerned that I had left my USB hub 🔌 and Bluetooth adapter either down at the library or it fell out of my bag. I’ve been looking around, I’m hoping I’ll find it inside as with the rain I’m sure it will be destroyed. That said, those little Bluetooth adapters I get from China 🇨🇳 on AliExpress are only a couple of dollars.

In four weeks on November 12 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (246°) at 4:35 pm (Standard Time),🌄 which is one hour, 37 minutes and 21 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had cold, partly sunny, freezing rain showers and temperatures between 33 and 19 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 49 and 33 degrees. The record high of 68 degrees was set back in 1909.

Looking ahead, Thanksgiving 🦃 is in 6 weeks, 7:15 AM Sunrise ⌛️ is in 8 weeks, Bill of Rights Day 📜 is in 2 months, Christmas Eve 🎅 is in 10 weeks, New Years Eve 🎆 is in 11 weeks, Coldest Week of the Year 🌬 is in 13 weeks, Wolf Moon 🌕 is in 15 weeks, Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk Day 🥛 is in 17 weeks and National Drink Wine Day 🍷 is in 18 weeks.

Good evening! Clear and 50 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. 🌌

So far it’s a nice night with crickets 🦗 in the background and stars up above but I’m tired after a long day and will soon head inside. Worked most of the day down at the library parking lot 🅿 and then came home. Installed the new battery 🔋 in my laptop. 💻 Called into the Guilderland Town Planning Board meeting with a concern about the proposed Rapp Road rerouting. 🚧 Answered some emails 📧 and went for my evening walk, maybe even watching a YouTube video 📺 and making up a few new maps 🗺 for the blog.

Tonight will be clear early, then becoming mostly cloudy ☁️, with a low of 44 degrees at 11pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 4th. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph after midnight. 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 39 degrees. The record low of 27 occurred back in 1978.

Tonight will have a Waining Crescent 🌘 Moon with 4% illuminated. The Blue 🌝 Moon is on Friday, October 30. The darkest hour is at 12:42 am, followed by dawn at 6:40 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:08 am in the east (101°) and last for 2 minutes and 57 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 10 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:47 am with sun in the east-southeast (107°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 54 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 49 seconds over last night.

Mornings sure are dark this time of year. 🌅 While it’s not such a big deal as I don’t have a bus 🚍 to catch downtown but I like the morning walk before the deluge of emails and calls come in. 📥

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 72 degrees at 3pm. 12 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 17th. Maximum dew point of 54 at 2pm. South wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 62 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 1897. There was a dusting of snow in 1939.❄

I plan to work from home 🏡 tomorrow, and it should be a nice day to work out back if not too windy. It’s nice that my personal laptop now once again has a good battery life. 🔋 That said I usually have my truck 🚚 or the wall outlet to plug 🔌 it into. One nice thing about working remotely is that I can work outside. That said, I do kind of miss going downtown and having a real office 🏢.

Not sure if I’m going to be able to get out of town this weekend. ⛺ I’m watching the forecast but honestly it doesn’t look all that great. Maybe it’s best I stay home. I don’t know. I should have headed out last week quite honestly. It’s not like I’m going to have my weekend free to myself I’m sure I’ll still be busy doing the usual for work.

In four weeks on November 11 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (246°) at 4:36 pm (Standard Time),🌄 which is one hour, 37 minutes and 59 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 43 and 30 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 50 and 33 degrees. The record high of 70 degrees was set back in 2002.

Finally fixed some of the issues with the countdown clock ⌛ below. Namely I often cut and paste from previous years and forget to update things. But I should be good now with the right dates for holidays through the end of the year.

Looking ahead, Average High is 55 🍂 is in 2 weeks, Day After Election Day 🛀 is in 3 weeks, Veterans Day 🇺🇸 is in 4 weeks, Earliest Sunset of the Year ⌛️ is in 8 weeks, Tea Party Day 🐍 is in 9 weeks, Festivus 🍖 is in 10 weeks, Bacon Day 🥓 is in 11 weeks, Make Your Dream Come True Day 🏡 is in 13 weeks, Coldest Week of the Year 🌬 is in 3 months, Inauguration Day ✅ is in 14 weeks, Clean Your Computer Day 🧹 is in 17 weeks, Valentines Day ❤️ is in 4 months and Presidents Day 👴 is in 18 weeks.

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 evening! Mostly cloudy and 49 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a east-southeast breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The skies will clear tomorrow around 8 pm.

Busy day at work, 💼 spent most of the day working down at the public library at various projects. The wi-fi was quite reliable and fast today and the weather was comfortable – not hot or cold for working. Spent most of the day there.

Somehow I’ve misplaced my headphones 🎧and while I’ve been looking for them today will need to do more digging around tomorrow. They probably fell between the seat 💺 of the truck 🚚 or somewhere else. I figured in the morning there will be more light to find them.

For some reason my kitchen stinks of carburetor cleaner. 👃🏻 I think the rusty can must have leaked. Pungent. I opened the windows and will avoid doing anything that could light a spark ✨ tonight. Hopefully things won’t go bang. 💥 I thought it was at first something my neighbor was painting 🎨 out back but I’m pretty sure it’s a leak in the rusty aerosol can.

I went over to John Wolcott house and did over two hours recording the documentary. 🎞️ Definitely captured some interesting conversations with Jerry who has known Mr. Wolcott for a very long time.

Tonight will rain likely, mainly after 3am. Cloudy 🌧, with a low of 48 degrees at 4am. Eight degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 25th. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth 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.

Tonight will have a Waining Crescent 🌘 Moon with 17% illuminated. The Hunter 🏹 Moon is on Wednesday, October 28. The darkest hour is at 12:42 am, followed by dawn at 6:38 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:06 am in the east (100°) and last for 2 minutes and 57 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:44 am with sun in the east-southeast (106°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 49 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 49 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will rain. Patchy fog before 2pm. 🌧 High of 56 degrees at 3pm. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 25th. Northeast wind around 6 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies. The high last year was 62 degrees. The record high of 81 was set in 1930. There was a dusting of snow in 1934.❄

In four weeks on November 9 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (247°) at 4:38 pm (Standard Time),🌄 which is one hour, 39 minutes and 10 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had cold, mostly sunny and temperatures between 39 and 18 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 51 and 33 degrees. The record high of 71 degrees was set back in 1975.

Looking ahead, Cyber Monday 🛍️ and Beaver Moon 🌕 is in 7 weeks, First Day of Winter ☃️ is in 10 weeks, 4:30 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 11 weeks, Winnie the Pooh Day 🍯 is in 14 weeks, Martin Luther King Day 🖤 is in 14 weeks, 5 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 15 weeks and February 🌧 is in 16 weeks.