Good evening! Partly clear and 73 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. The dew point is 65 degrees. The muggy weather ends Wednesday around 7 pm. 😓

Another hot and sticky evening 🌃 laying by the fan after my evening walk. 🚶Its not as bad as last night but I wish I had stayed in the National Forest for the weekend but the forecast sure looked like Saturday was going to be wet and cloudy. Instead I spent it home sitting by the fan trying to stay cool. I probably should have done more this weekend but I did make some improvements to the blog and worked on other projects at home.

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 67 degrees at 5am. Five degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 65 at 11pm. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 65 degrees. The record low of 45 occurred back in 1939.

Tonight will have a Last Quarter 🌗 Moon with 48% illuminated. The Buck 🦌 Moon is on Monday, July 27. The darkest hour is at 1:02 am, followed by dawn at 4:56 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:30 am in the east-northeast (59°) and last for 3 minutes and 23 seconds. Sunrise is 47 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:12 am with sun in the east-northeast (66°). Tonight will have 8 hours and 57 minutes of darkness, an increase of one minute and 22 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8am. Partly sunny 🌦, with a high of 81 degrees at 1pm. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around July 1st. Maximum dew point of 67 at 9am. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. It was humid. The high last year was 88 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1894.

Another hot day on tap but that’s to be expected this time of year. ☀ I haven’t made any plans yet for this week or the weekend but I guess I’ll be working from home or the library for now. Drink lots of water sit by the fan. I am sure missing the air conditioned office 🏢 and library these days. Or even the cool of the buses 🚍 in the morning. If it does get too hot by the end of the week I might seek out the mountains somewhere for remote work. Not sure where but my opportunities are limited by where I have good cell service.

I do need to think more about summer vacation 🏊 and request a week off the end of the month or maybe early August before the sun starts setting too early and the temperature starts dropping. 🍂 Been thinking more about the Finger Lakes and Alleghany National Forest but also the Western Adirondacks and Saint Lawrence County are on my short list. 📃 When I’m on vacation I’ll be fully free to do whatever I want all day long and won’t have to worry about having cell service. 📱 I really didn’t have a lot of free time when I was in the Green Mountains last week.

At my parents house tonight I was able to sync my blog with my laptop ↔and get some new content uploaded for this week. It can be tough to constantly be coming up with ideas 💡 and it’s hard to post things and develop code without the library open with its comfortable seating 💺 inside.

In four weeks on August 9 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (292°) at 8:05 pm,🌄 which is 27 minutes and 48 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 81 and 64 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 82 and 61 degrees. The record high of 96 degrees was set back in 2001.

Good evening! Rain and 74 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a east breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 71 degrees.

Back home from the Green Mountains. 🏡 It was nice to get away and avoid the heat and humidity but I didn’t feel like camping in the rain ☔ and it looked like all Saturday would be rainy. While it would be nice to have the day off from work when I had more time to play around in the mountains Saturday didn’t look very nice so I came home. I really liked that campsite down by the Deerfield River swimming hole 🏊 but it’s not normally easy to get unless you go up there midweek.

I didn’t like how much litter 🚮 and toilet paper flowers I found up there but I tried to clean things up to the best of my ability. I didn’t take home the junk tire or the multiple bags of garbage I found dumped back in the brush but I did burn and pack out cans for recycling from the one bag of litter I found out front. ♻ Campsite is a lot cleaner than when I found it.

The drive back home was uneventful 🚘 started to rain hard as I left but it helped with the very wash board Somerset Road. The rest of the trip was quiet except for getting onto the Molly Stark Highway at rush hour – kind of busy. 🚚 🚙

The Hoosick Valley was a bit pungent of cow manure, 💩 they were spreading it on hay fields before the rain probably so it soaks into the ground good and to keep the slurry tank from overflowing should we get a ton of rain. 🐮

It was odd driving past the state employees overflow parking lot 🅿 and seeing it all barricaded and closed but I’m guessing it’s not needed or used and the shuttles aren’t running 🚍 with most state workers telecommuting during the pandemic.

Tonight will have showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. 🌧 Low of 71 degrees at 5am. 10 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 72 at 11pm. 🏖️ East wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. In 2019, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became light rain by the early hours of the morning. It became very sticky as the night progressed. It got down to 71 degrees. The record low of 48 occurred back in 1986.

Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous 🌖 Moon with 67% illuminated. The darkest hour is at 1:01 am, followed by dawn at 4:54 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:28 am in the east-northeast (58°) and last for 3 minutes and 24 seconds. Sunrise is 45 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:10 am with sun in the east-northeast (65°). Tonight will have 8 hours and 54 minutes of darkness, an increase of one minute and 15 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after noon. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a high of 88 degrees at 2pm. Six degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 73 at 9am. South wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It became humid as the day progressed. The high last year was 86 degrees. The record high of 98 was set in 1936.

In four weeks on August 7 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (293°) at 8:07 pm,🌄 which is 26 minutes and 10 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had humid, partly sunny, thunderstorm and temperatures between 84 and 69 degrees. Come August we loose daylight in the evening quickly. Typically, you have temperatures between 82 and 61 degrees. The record high of 102 degrees was set back in 1918.

Listening 👂 to the rain, I’m glad I’m home at camping in wet weather isn’t much fun. Just everything gets wet and smokey. I still should plan on taking a summer vacation 🏊 in a few weeks and with remote work not expected to end anytime soon I have plenty of opportunities to head back to the Green Mountains or anywhere else I have cell service and work remotely from there.

Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Partly sunny and 63 degrees at the Green Mountain National Forest. There is a south-southeast breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 61 degrees. Not super hot but I expect it to get warmer later on.

Cooking up some eggs and sausage for breakfast. 🍳 I expect a hot day today but I’m fine with that. It should be a nice day and I’ll cool off down at Grout Pond later on in the day. 🏊

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 78 degrees at 4pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 16th. Maximum dew point of 65 at 4pm. Muggy though. South wind 6 to 9 mph. That will help. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 81 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1988.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:57 pm with sun having an altitude of 69.5° from the due south horizon (-0.9° vs. 6/21). The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:51 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (295°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (303°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:34 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 27 seconds with dusk around 9:07 pm, which is 22 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:53 pm. At sunset, look for possible thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 71 degrees. The dew point will be 64 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 12 minutes of daytime, a decrease of one minute and 4 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have isolated showers and thunderstorms. ⚡ Mostly cloudy ☁, with a low of 65 degrees at 3am. Four degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 65 at 6pm. South wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 57 degrees. The record low of 43 occurred back in 1969.

On this day in 1981, U.S. President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States. 👩That’s almost as cool as sliced bread, which is sold for the first time by the Chillico the Baking Company in 1921.🍞

Hot, humid and wet this weekend. 😰 Saturday, a chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Maximum dew point of 70 at 12pm. Sunday, showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Maximum dew point of 68 at 11am. Like a swamp. Typical average high for the weekend is 82 degrees.

Looking ahead, there are 17 weeks until Election Day 2020 🗳️ when the sun will be setting at 4:40 pm with dusk at 5:10 pm (Standard Time). On that day in 2019, we had partly sunny skies, with rain showers and temperatures between 53 and 30 degrees. Sounds nice compared to the hot weather of recent. But I was so sick last year with Lyme. Typically, the high temperature is 53 degrees. We hit a record high of 75 back in 1990.

Good evening! Cloudy and 72 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ Calm wind. The dew point is 67 degrees. The muggy weather ends Sunday around 1 am. 😓

Its been a terribly muggy day and kind wet with downpours throughout the day. ☔ After all this extended dry period and drought we are getting caught up with the rain. No real thunder or wind though out of the store. That said, laying in the bed next to the fan is quite nice.

I went to Papscanne Island Preserve for a while 🐸 but it was incredibly muggy and several trails were blocked by numerous large downed trees and the heavy brush abs vines that surround them. Often getting around a downed tree in the woods isn’t a big deal but the woods there is dense. Sat down by the river for a while but that was sultry too. And then when I got home it started to pour once again.

I was thinking it might have been nice to gotten out of town this long weekend ⛺ but I don’t think I made a mistake to stay in town through Sunday. Setting up camp means I’ll have numerous choices and hopefully I’ll have a pleasant place to work while I beat the heat. The nice thing about camping in the National Forest is you can stay in one site for the whole time there – 14 days out of any 30 day period. Not setting up and taking down.

I am well stocked up after shopping at Aldi. 🍏 I tried to emphasize dry goods and things that don’t spoil quickly as even though I’ll get ice every three days I know things might not hold well in the heat and it’s a 10-15 mile drive to the nearest general store so I don’t want to have to repeat too many times. ❄ I’m hoping to get a site with good sun for the solar but also shade to be cool in the afternoon plus good cell service 📱 for work and close enough to a swimming hole 🏊 for after hours.

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a slight chance of showers between 10pm and 11pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 63 degrees at 4am. Two degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 67 at 9pm. Light south wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies. It was humid. It got down to 66 degrees. The record low of 44 occurred back in 1971.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous Moon 🌝 Moon with 98% illuminated. At 9 PM, the moon was in the southeast (137°) at an altitude of 12° from the horizon, some 233,948 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 December 28^th. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Buck 🦌 Moon is on Saturday, July 4. The darkest hour is at 1:00 am, followed by dawn at 4:49 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:23 am in the east-northeast (57°) and last for 3 minutes and 26 seconds. Sunrise is 35 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:06 am with sun in the east-northeast (64°). Tonight will have 8 hours and 47 minutes of darkness, an increase of 51 seconds over last night.

Independence Day will have patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 87 degrees at 4pm. Five degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 65 at 9am. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 91 degrees. The record high of 104 was set in 1911.

Maybe not record breaking, 🎆but it’s going to be a hot Independence Day. I plan to do some fishing 🎣 and turn out to the folks house for a socially distant picnic with separate tables and bringing my own plates and silverware. 🍴 I also need to fix a loose wire on the truck cap. 💡

In four weeks on July 31 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (296°) at 8:16 pm,🌄 which is 20 minutes and 4 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had humid, mostly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 81 and 65 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 82 and 62 degrees. The record high of 98 degrees was set back in 1917.

Looking ahead, Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 4 months.