Good evening! Clear and 45 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. Cool but pretty clear on this late September night 🌃. Went for an evening walk 🚶 but I decided to lay inside on the bed, 🛏 because it wasn’t warm enough to sit out back. Wouldn’t be bad with a sweater, next to the fire though.

After coming home from Black Creek Marsh Wildlife Management Area I ended up deciding on going out to Bennett Hill ⛰️ for a hike in Clarksville. Always kind of a fun hike but lately it’s been so crowded there since the growing popularity of all outdoors activities since the pandemic started. 🐮 Always fun seeing the cows there and the views – especially of Wolf Hill 🐺 are always nice. I’ll leave Partridge Run for a nice autumn day for hiking with lots of blaze orange and a gun in sling.

Went out to my parents house 🏡 and we had Stuffed Peppers 🍲 which is always really good when the peppers are fresh. 🫑 It was good seeing them and I did my wash out there so I don’t have to do it this week at the laundromat. 👚

Tonight will have patchy frost after 4am. Otherwise, clear 🌃, with a low of 33 degrees at 5am. 17 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around November 9th. Calm wind. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 50 degrees. The record low of 29 occurred back in 1973.

Tonight will have a Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon with 17% illuminated. The Hunter 🏹 Moon is on Thursday, October 1. The darkest hour is at 12:50 am, followed by dawn at 6:14 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:42 am in the east (88°) and last for 2 minutes and 54 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 4 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:19 am with sun in the east (94°). Tonight will have 11 hours and 46 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 52 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have areas of frost before 8am. Otherwise, sunny 🌞, with a high of 62 degrees at 2pm. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 10th. Light north wind. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 84 degrees. The record high of 95 was set in 1895.

Continuing to upload pictures 🖼 to the blog, but I had to stop mid-day as I discovered a problem with the photo uploader, which ran out of ID allocations and then permissions — a code issue that I have finally fixed. 💻 That said, I thought I had fixed that issue months ago but that wasn’t the case. 😕Also have some new content for this week that I will be posting as the week progresses.

Still haven’t put the new battery 🔋 in the laptop, but hopefully I’ll have some downtime this week but I have busy week on tap.

I finally checked the oil in the truck, and it wasn’t too bad.🫖 Added a quarter of a quart of oil, but it was well within the normal range, but this should keep it good for a few weeks. I realized I hadn’t checked it since the last oil change in July, before vacation.

I am watching the forecast but I’m thinking of heading up to the Adirondacks this weekend, if the forecast remains true. But I am sure by the weekend, things will change and it will be pouring rain for most of the week.

In four weeks on October 18 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (257°) at 6:07 pm,🌄 which is 47 minutes and 51 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly cloudy and temperatures between 52 and 41 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 59 and 39 degrees. The record high of 84 degrees was set back in 2016.

Looking ahead, Last Sunset After 6:30 PM 🌆 is in 2 weeks, November 🥧 is in 6 weeks, First Sunday of Advent ✝️ is in 11 weeks, Saint Nicholas Day 🎅 is in 11 weeks, Latest Sunrise of the Winter 🌄️ is in 15 weeks, Inauguration Day ✅ is in 4 months, Valentines Day ❤️ is in 21 weeks and 5:30 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 5 months.

Good morning! Happy Constitution Day 📜! I like constitution but it’s only as good as the people who are enforcing it. Two weeks to October 🎃 and Harvest Moon 🌕. Shine on Harvest Moon in a few weeks. Late this year, in October or is the Hunter’s Moon? 🏹🦌 Partly sunny with haze and 52 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌤️ There is a south breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 50 degrees.

I went for my morning walk, 🚶🏻 and it was a nice morning but the sky still has that gray-blue dull color from the western wildfire 🔥. I ended up just walking around the Swift Preserve 🐸, it was a nice morning but I got a late start because I had trouble getting out of bed 🛏.

Today will have a chance of showers, mainly after 5pm. Partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 72 degrees at 3pm. Typical for today. Maximum dew point of 57 at 1pm. South wind 5 to 7 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had sunny skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 73 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 1942.

I have a meeting downtown today mid day 🕛 and I’m still chewing over whether I should drive there or take a bus 🚌. I haven’t ridden the bus much in six months but it’s so convenient. 🙄But then again there is old Corona hiding out everywhere or so the politicians want us to believe. 👾 Duck 🦆 that, I’ll wear a mask 😷. Or at a banada as I don’t own a real mask.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:51 pm with sun having an altitude of 49.4° from the due south horizon (-21.4° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 5.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:25 pm with the sun in the west (267°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (274°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:03 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 7:29 pm, which is one minute and 47 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the west (274°) at an altitude of 1° from the horizon, 227,241 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:04 pm. At sunset, look for rain showers 🌧 and temperatures around 62 degrees. The dew point will be 54 degrees. There will be a north breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 12 hours and 23 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over yesterday.

This afternoon I’m heading over John Wolcott house 🔎 for a while to see what random files 📂 we can find although after the Fort Orange box 🗃 there hasn’t been a lot interesting things the past few weeks. But you never know what you will find.

Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 47 degrees at 6am. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 26th. North wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2019, we had clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 48 degrees. The record low of 35 occurred back in 1986.

Yesterday I went down to the park and the Wi-Fi was down 💻 which was obnoxious for the Zoom Meeting. I ended up going to the library parking lot and working there in the evening and updating the blog. 📝 I then came home and listened to the Save the Pine Bush Virtual Dinner honoring the late Reszin Adam’s over the conference call on my phone 📱while I had Macoroni and Cheese with the fixings 🧀 but it wasn’t as good as Reszin’s lasagna.

Cool this weekend with temperatures running 11 degrees below normal but otherwise sunny. 😃 Saturday, patchy frost before 7am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 60. North wind 5 to 9 mph. Sunday, patchy frost before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 61. Maximum dew point of 35 at 10am. Typical average high for the weekend is 71 degrees.

Definitely going to feel like an autumn weekend. 🍂 Saturday I’m going hiking in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve and probably somewhere local on Sunday. 🚶🏻 Next weekend I’m hoping to get up north if the weather is nice.

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until October 🎃 and Harvest Moon 🌕 when the sun will be setting at 6:36 pm with dusk at 7:04 pm. On that day in 2019, we had rain and temperatures between 78 and 60 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 66 degrees. We hit a record high of 90 back in 1927.

Good morning! What day is it? Hump Day, of course. Six weeks to Average High is 55 🍂. Partly sunny, hazy from the wildfires 🔥 and 45 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌅 There is a south breeze at 7 mph. 🍃

This morning I was running low on milk 🥛 but I made due with what I had with some cold coffee ☕ from yesterday. I like cold coffee, it’s nice and strong 💪🏻. Morning ain’t morning without milk. 🐮

Out for my morning walk 🚶🏻and it’s kind of odd with the haze with the haze from the wildfires out west. 🔥 It’s sunny but the skies are quite gray. Not the deep blue you would think of during late September on a low humidity day. Smell some wood smoke but I think it’s just from someone with a wood stove.

For some reason one of these my eyes 👀 was irritated and I lost one of my contacts out walking but I’ll put in a fresh one when I get home 🏡. Not a big deal but it limits my vision while walking.

Today will be sunny 🌞 with haze 🌫️, with a high of 73 degrees at 3pm. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 15th. Maximum dew point of 49 at 5pm. South wind 7 to 16 mph.🌬️ A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 73 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 1939.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:51 pm with sun having an altitude of 49.8° from the due south horizon (-21° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 5.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:27 pm with the sun in the west (268°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (274°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:04 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 7:31 pm, which is one minute and 48 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:06 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 67 degrees. The dew point will be 50 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 14 mph. Today will have 12 hours and 25 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 52 seconds over yesterday.

I was looking at that picture 🖼 I posted of Dick Patrick from 1975, and I am thinking the long side burns need to return 💈 now that autumn is returning. So I’m to grow them back but maybe not as wild as Mr. Patrick. When I had sideburns in the spring, it was a lot less shaving.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 54 degrees at 4am. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 11th. Maximum dew point of 53 at 2am. South wind 8 to 13 mph. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 47 degrees. The record low of 32 occurred back in 1959.

Cool this weekend with temperatures running 10 degrees below normal but otherwise sunny. 😃 Saturday, sunny, with a high near 60. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 62. Maximum dew point of 36 at 6pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 71 degrees.

Going to be a nice weekend. 👍🏻 Cool but sunny. I’m hoping to get up to the Adirondacks next weekend but this weekend I have a meeting in town 🌼so I’ll try to go hiking locally. I’m hoping next weekend though the leaves will be really good in the Adirondacks. 🍂

Looking ahead, there are 6 weeks until Average High is 55 🍂 when the sun will be setting at 5:53 pm with dusk at 6:22 pm. On that day in 2019, we had mostly cloudy smjsziand temperatures between 60 and 45 degrees. We hit a record high of 78 back in 1971.

Good evening! Mostly clear and 56 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌆 There is a south breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 44 degrees.

Nice night for sitting out back. 🌌 Sure gets dark early this time of year and with the public library closed due to the pandemic I’ve not been spending my evenings down there with my laptop 💻and I’ve been going out earlier in the evening for my walk. 🚶🏻 That’s good as it means earlier to bed.

All day the skies were hazy from the western wildfires. 🔥 Just kind of a dull gray, like maybe on a hazy summer day or modestly cloudy day but not really dark. A sign of the times, although not that uncommon in recent years. At least we’ve been spared hurricanes 🌀 so far for the year in Upstate NY.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 47 degrees at 4am. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 26th. South wind 6 to 9 mph. In 2019, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 55 degrees. The record low of 32 occurred back in 1964.

Tonight will have a Waining Crescent 🌘 Moon with 3% illuminated. The darkest hour is at 12:51 am, followed by dawn at 6:08 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:37 am in the east (85°) and last for 2 minutes and 55 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 4 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:14 am with sun in the east (92°). Tonight will have 11 hours and 32 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 50 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 75 degrees at 4pm. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 10th. Maximum dew point of 50 at 11am. South wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Going to be breezy. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 73 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 1939.

In four weeks on October 13 the sun will be setting in the west (260°) at 6:15 pm,🌄 which is 48 minutes and 48 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 62 and 42 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 61 and 40 degrees. The record high of 81 degrees was set back in 1930.

Looking ahead, Autumn 🍂 is in 1 week, Average High is 60 🍂 is a month away, Daylight Savings Time Ends 🛥️ is in 7 weeks, Election Day 2019 🗳️ is in 7 weeks, Average High is 50 🍂 is in 8 weeks, December 🎄 is in 11 weeks, Bill of Rights Day 📜 is in 3 months, Days are Getting Longer ☀️ is in 14 weeks, Cold Moon 🌕 is in 15 weeks, National Bird Day 🐧 is in 16 weeks, 5:30 PM Dusk 🌆 is in 19 weeks and Ground Hog Day 🐻 is in 20 weeks.

Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Next Tuesday is Autumn 🍂. Clear and 41 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌄There is a north-northwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃.

A cold start to the morning. 🌅 First really chilly morning of the year but then again next week starts calendar autumn. 🍂 Definitely should be good for the colors up north – if I head north next weekend might be close to peak color in the Adirondacks. Then everything gets brown and gray. Snuggled under the covers in bed 🛏, just got up to start the coffee ☕.

Hazy this morning from the left coast wild fires 🔥. I still think New York should sue the left coast for air pollution from the wild fires, although at least it’s fairly high in the atmosphere so it’s not breathed much locally. It seems like air pollution from wildfires seems to be dimming the sky a lot more in autumn locally. Crystal clear blue skies of September are increasingly rare. 🚶🏻 Still a nice day for the morning walk though.

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 67 degrees at 3pm. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 28th. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 78 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 1915.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:51 pm with sun having an altitude of 50.2° from the due south horizon (-20.6° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 5 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:29 pm with the sun in the west (268°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (275°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:06 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 7:32 pm, which is one minute and 46 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:08 pm. At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 61 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 5 mph. Good weather for enjoying the sunset. Today will have 12 hours and 28 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 50 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 46 degrees at 4am. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 28th. South wind 3 to 7 mph. In 2019, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 55 degrees. The record low of 32 occurred back in 1964.

Cool this weekend with temperatures running 9 degrees below normal but otherwise sunny. 😃 Saturday, sunny, with a high near 61. Maximum dew point of 36 at 6am. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 63. Maximum dew point of 37 at 6pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 71 degrees.

As previously noted, next Tuesday is Autumn 🍂 when the sun will be setting at 6:52 pm with dusk at 7:20 pm. On that day in 2019, we had hot weather, mostly sunny, shallow fog and temperatures between 87 and 51 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 70 degrees. We hit a record high of 95 back in 1895. Before my time.

Good evening! Mostly clear and 70 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a south-southeast breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 63 degrees. Warm enough evening, I decided to fire up the fan. ⚛

Not a half bad Tuesday with lots of meetings and fun stuff to do. 🌲🌲🌲🌲 Hiked in the Pine Bush for a couple of hours including after dark and went to a socially distant outdoors meeting.

Been a little achy this evening. 😧 Not sure what the issue is but its not that bad. Feels a little like chronic Lyme a bit but maybe I’m just cranky that I’m back home. But I had that Pine Bush meeting to attend so that was good.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌃 , with a low of 60 degrees at 5am. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around August 20th. Maximum dew point of 63 at 10pm. South wind 3 to 5 mph. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 49 degrees. The record low of 36 occurred back in 1938.

Tonight will have a Last Quarter 🌗 Moon with 62% illuminated. The moon will rise at 10:33 pm. The Harvest 🌽 Moon is on Wednesday, September 23. The darkest hour is at 12:54 am, followed by dawn at 6:01 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:29 am in the east (82°) and last for 2 minutes and 56 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 4 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:06 am with sun in the east (88°). Tonight will have 11 hours and 12 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 50 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 82 degrees at 3pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around August 9th. Maximum dew point of 64 at 11am. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 73 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 1959.

In four weeks on October 6 the sun will be setting in the west (263°) at 6:27 pm,🌄 which is 49 minutes and 28 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 65 and 41 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 64 and 43 degrees. The record high of 90 degrees was set back in 1900.

Looking ahead, Autumn 🍂 is in 2 weeks, Daylight Savings Time Ends 🛥️ is in 8 weeks, Election Day 2019 🗳️ is in 8 weeks, Average High is 50 🍂 is in 9 weeks, Regular Deer Season in Southern Zone 🦌 is in 10 weeks, December 🎄 is in 12 weeks, Bill of Rights Day 📜 is in 14 weeks, Days are Getting Longer ☀️ is in 15 weeks, Cold Moon 🌕 is in 16 weeks, National Bird Day 🐧 is in 17 weeks, Bubble Bath Day 🧼 is in 4 months, 5:30 PM Dusk 🌆 is in 20 weeks and Ground Hog Day 🐻 is in 21 weeks.