Good morning! Happy 7 PM Sunset 🌆! Days are getting noticeably shorter. Two weeks to Average High is 65 🍂. Cooler too — as autumn starts Tuesday. But still a beautiful morning. 😎 Partly cloudy and 51 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ There is a north breeze at 9 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 46 degrees. The skies will clear around 8 am.

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 62 degrees at 2pm. Nine degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 10th. Maximum dew point of 46 at 7am. North wind 9 to 13 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 69 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 1891.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:50 pm with sun having an altitude of 49° from the due south horizon (-21.8° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 5.2 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:24 pm with the sun in the west (267°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (273°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:01 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 7:27 pm, which is one minute and 47 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the west (261°) at an altitude of 6° from the horizon, 226,449 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:02 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 57 degrees. There will be a north breeze at 11 mph. Today will have 12 hours and 20 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have patchy frost after 4am. Otherwise, mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 36 degrees at 6am. 14 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 27th. North wind 6 to 10 mph. 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 32 occurred back in 1959.

Tomorrow will have patchy frost before 9am. Otherwise, sunny 🌞, with a high of 59 degrees at 3pm. 12 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 17th. North wind 6 to 9 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 72 degrees. The record high of 90 was set in 1946.

I am going hiking tomorrow in the Pine Bush 🌲🌲🦋🌲🌲and then meeting some people for lunch out there. Going to be a beautiful day for sure, but definitely cool day, with temperatures in the 50s all day. I might get up very early and visit the Black Creek Marsh to do some wildlife observation,🐦 that is with lots of blaze orange on. 🦺

Looking ahead to Sunday, patchy frost before 8am. 🌞 Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 59. North wind 6 to 8 mph. Typical average high for the weekend is 71 degrees.

I am not sure about my plans for Sunday but I think I will go hiking 🚶 somewhere in town. The following week I will want to go to the Adirondacks to camp, assuming the weather is still good. I do need get my hunting license which I keep forgetting to order.

My sideburns are really starting to grow in nicely. 🧔🏽 It certainly cuts down on the amount I have to shave. I like the sideburns look but it was hot.

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Average High is 65 🍂 when the sun will be setting at 6:34 pm with dusk at 7:02 pm. On that day in 2019, we had partly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 75 and 49 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 65 degrees. We hit a record high of 85 back in 1927.