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.

Good morning! Yeah, it’s Holiday before Independence Day! 🎇 Friday before July 4th. Cloudy, muggy and 74 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a north-northwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 67 degrees. The skies will clear around 8 pm.

I considered heading out of town this weekend ⛺ but I decided to avoid the crowds, especially with the developed campgrounds closed or at least not taking new reservations. Instead I’m thinking about heading out to Vermont on Sunday when campsites are opening up there and working remotely this week from camp. I know some good places where I have cell service and can get good sunshine ☀ for the solar.

I have a double checked and Albany County remains on the exempt list 📃 for Coronavirus quarantine in Vermont as its levels are below the state averages. 👾 So I am good on that front although I doubt I’ll run into many people in Vermont except maybe to get ice next week. Not sure if that will be true after July 10th with the recent uptick in the news 📰 but as I’m good for going this week.

Today will have isolated showers, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 81 degrees at 12pm. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around July 1st. Maximum dew point of 70 at 1pm. North wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. 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. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 90 degrees. The record high of 102 was set in 1911.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:00 pm with sun having an altitude of 70.3° from the due south horizon (-0.5° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:55 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (296°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (303°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:37 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 26 seconds with dusk around 9:11 pm, which is 14 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the southeast (140°) at an altitude of 13° from the horizon, 233,971 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:57 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 74 degrees. The dew point will be 67 degrees. There will be a east breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 13 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 49 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have isolated showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy , with a low of 62 degrees at 4am. One degree above normal. Maximum dew point of 68 at 6pm. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%. 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.

On this day in 1886, the New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.

Independence Day will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 87 degrees at 4pm. Five degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 65 at 9am. North wind 3 to 5 mph. 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.

Looking ahead to Sunday, Typical average high for the weekend is 82 degrees.

There are 4 months until Election Day 2020 🗳️ when the sun will be setting at 4:45 pm with dusk at 5:14 pm (Standard Time). The average high temperature is 82 degrees, with a record high of 102 in 1911.

Good evening! Partly cloudy, muggy and 74 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ Calm wind. The dew point is 66 degrees. The muggy weather ends Wednesday around 7 pm. 😓

It was a hot day, especially when I was working down at the library. 😰 The internet is fast there and I was able to watch a movie while I worked but it sure was hot. I got home and worked by the fan for a while and then a pretty good thunderstorm ⚡ came through.

Later on I went to Walmart and got sparklers ✨ and finally some Bluetooth headphones 🎧. I haven’t had a good set of reliable headphones since the start of the pandemic and I like to listen to podcasts and music while I work and when I go out for walks 🚶. I also got some apple juice 🍏 and some canned food 🍲 to use up at camp when I head out to Vermont on Sunday.

After that I went down to the Henry Hudson Park ⛲ and sat down there with a library book and did some reading 📖. Spent a little time fishing 🎣 and then headed home for my evening walk 🚶.

Tonight will have a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 69 degrees at 4am. Eight degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 66 at 10pm. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies. It was humid. It got down to 63 degrees. The record low of 44 occurred back in 1978.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon with 95% illuminated. At 10 PM, the moon was in the south-southeast (162°) at an altitude of 24° from the horizon, some 231,506 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 25^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 4:48 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 33 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 46 minutes of darkness, an increase of 46 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10am. Partly sunny , with a high of 84 degrees at 3pm. Two degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 68 at 10am. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It became sticky as the day progressed. The high last year was 90 degrees. The record high of 102 was set in 1911.

Tomorrow I’m going to watch the weather ⚡ and take it step by step but I do want to do some cleaning 🏠and then get some food for camping. I am concerned about keeping food cold so I’m going to try to get more dry goods. I am leaning towards a hike somewhere in Rensselaer County and then shopping at Aldi. 🔎 John Wolcott has been asking me to come over for some time now, I’ll have to decide but I think I should continue on the project before it’s too late.

In four weeks on July 30 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (296°) at 8:17 pm,🌄 which is 19 minutes and 10 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had hot weather, humid, mostly sunny, thunderstorm and temperatures between 91 and 71 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 82 and 62 degrees. The record high of 100 degrees was set back in 1933.

Good morning! Happy Thursday. Partly sunny and 67 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. The dew point is 64 degrees. Going to be a hot day, although it’s not too bad in my apartment right now, but maybe it’s because I’m getting used to living without air conditioning, sitting next to the fan. I will probably regret not getting down to the library earlier to do the various work things I planned to do today, but it’s fine I’ll survive with the fan in my truck, and if it gets to hot, I’ll come home and just make do with my phone and my work laptop with the slow and limited celluar internet.

Today will have isolated showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 89 degrees at 3pm. Seven degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 64 at 8am. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It became sticky as the day progressed. The high last year was 84 degrees. The record high of 98 was set in 1966.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:00 pm with sun having an altitude of 70.4° from the due south horizon (-0.4° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:55 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (296°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (303°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:37 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 26 seconds with dusk around 9:11 pm, which is 11 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the south-southeast (151°) at an altitude of 21° from the horizon, 231,428 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:57 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 81 degrees. The dew point will be 66 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 14 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 44 seconds over yesterday.

I am still thinking about going to the Henry Hudson Park this afternoon for some fishing, reading, and maybe work down there later. 🎣 On a hot day like today, it’s always nice to spend some time down by the river. I should also think about doing some cleaning and packing to get ready for leaving town on Sunday. Tomorrow I also want to do some fishing — I have Friday off but it all depends how stormy it is come the afternoon.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 68 degrees at 4am. Seven degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 66 at 8pm. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies. It was humid. It got down to 63 degrees. The record low of 44 occurred back in 1978.

On this day in 1962, The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas. 🏪 Two years later, President Johnson would sign the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law on the same day. ✊ Neither thing is very related.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, mostly sunny and warm, with a high near 87. Maximum dew point of 64 at 8am. Typical average high for the weekend is 82 degrees.

Good evening! Clear and 69 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌃 Calm wind. The dew point is 64 degrees. A bit sticky but that’s to be expected for the first day of July.

Weather wise I wouldn’t call it a banner day for starting off July alrgoufgt it is clear now but it was raining on and off all day. ☔ It even started to rain when I went down to the library to work on the park bench. 💻 I think it was fine to sit in the bench, it was outside and there was nobody too close. I miss walking 🚶 down to the library after work. I also went for my evening walk. It’s a pretty nice evening. Been watching some of the Traplines and Inlines YouTube channel out back. 🎦

Working down at the library Monday and Tuesday with the laptop and fan plugged in 🔌 and forgetting about the inverter being left on meant my battery bank 🔋 is a bit worn down although there was some sun to charge it today but not a lot. I’m hoping tomorrow with the sun plus driving I’ll get my battery bank fully charged.

Tonight will have a slight chance of showers before 11pm. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 61 degrees at 4am. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical night around July 3rd. Maximum dew point of 64 at 10pm. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies. It became somewhat humid as the night progressed. It got down to 65 degrees. The record low of 40 occurred back in 1978.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon with 89% illuminated. At 10 PM, the moon was in the south (176°) at an altitude of 29° from the horizon, some 229,354 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 22^nd. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Buck 🦌 Moon is on Saturday, July 4. The darkest hour is at 1:00 am, followed by dawn at 4:48 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:22 am in the east-northeast (57°) and last for 3 minutes and 27 seconds. Sunrise is 32 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:05 am with sun in the east-northeast (64°). Tonight will have 8 hours and 45 minutes of darkness, an increase of 41 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny and hot 🌞, with a high of 90 degrees at 3pm. Eight degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 66 at 12pm. Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 84 degrees. The record high of 98 was set in 1966.

So tomorrow is going to be a hot one. 😰 I have a big project for work and I’ll probably work down at the library for a while then down to the Henry Hudson Park and sit down by the river. I want to get some Sparklers ✨ at Walmart and a few other supplies, especially Bluetooth headphones.

Friday is a holiday at work and I’m thinking of doing some hiking assuming it’s not too stormy. 🚶 Saturday is Independence Day and I’m thinking that looks like a good day to spend out fishing and then maybe going out to see the folks house. 🎣Then Sunday, I’m thinking about heading out to Vermont and camping and working from there until the heat wave breaks 🌊 sometime in the future. Nothing is set in stone but it seems like a good plan.

I like the idea of Vermont 💡as I can set up camp and work from there all week. Once concern I do have is that I might not be real close to a general store for ice and that’s important with it being so hot. I guess I can avoid things that have to be cool but I want cold drinks when camping. Plus the sites with the best solar power are going to be less nice in the sun. ☀ Maybe the whole idea isn’t set in marble yet.

In four weeks on July 29 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (296°) at 8:18 pm,🌄 which is 18 minutes and 15 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had hot, humid, mostly sunny, thunderstorm and temperatures between 92 and 67 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 82 and 62 degrees. The record high of 97 degrees was set back in 1894.

Good morning! Happy July! It’s a pretty cloudy and 66 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ Calm wind. The dew point is 64 degrees. Not a real nice day but wait there is more. The skies will clear around 8 pm.

Today will have a slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly cloudy ⛅, with a high of 79 degrees at 1pm. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 21st. Maximum dew point of 65 at 11am. Northwest wind 3 to 5 mph. 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. The high last year was 85 degrees. The record high of 99 was set in 1913.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:00 pm with sun having an altitude of 70.5° from the due south horizon (-0.4° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:55 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (296°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (303°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:38 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 27 seconds with dusk around 9:11 pm, which is 8 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon in the south-southeast (164°) at an altitude of 28° from the horizon, 229,292 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:57 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 75 degrees. The dew point will be 64 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 15 hours and 15 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 40 seconds over yesterday.

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, mostly cloudy ☁, with a low of 62 degrees at 4am. Two degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 64 at 6pm. Calm 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 became somewhat humid as the night progressed. It got down to 65 degrees. The record low of 40 occurred back in 1978.

On this day in 1963, ZIP codes are introduced for United States mail. ✉ It is obvious that they added the zip code to the sign of the Tupper Lake Post Office sometime after the rest of the building because the font is very wrong for the obsessive compulsive in our community. After all, if you get a zip code wrong, the best thing that can happen is you have a very scornful postal clerk, and the worst thing that can happen is your mail isn’t delivered. Always double check zip codes.

Also in 1968, the UAW becomes a seperate entity from AFL-CIO over policy disputes. 🔧 The UAW would rejoin the AFL-CIO 13 years later in 1981. That basically is irrelevant ancient history at this point. Most people in the seventies were smoking 🚬 pot while assembling cars during the malaise era and its all but been forgotten.

Saturday will hot 🔥. It will be mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Maximum dew point of 65 at 7pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 82 degrees. Might be a nice day for fishing 🎣 and maybe a paddle. 🚣

I am thinking of Sunday possibly going out to Vermont. ⛺ I am thinking of camping up along the Deerfield River and working up there from the tent. Might be a nice cool place to beat the heat and a change from the Adirondacks. Best of all I can stay for up to 14 days in a 30 day period but I doubt I’d stay that long. But it would be nice to have a camp and not have to move every three days but I would need to get ice frequently due to the heat. ❄ Albany County with fewer than 400 Coronavirus cases per million is not subject to the Vermont quarantine anymore.