Good morning! What day is it? The last day of calendar summer, of course. A really nice one, that will warm up a lot. It was 56 degrees when I awoke, and walking along the lake it started to warm up nicely. Currently, mostly sunny and 65 degrees in North Syracuse. Calm wind. The dew point is 53 degrees. Very low humidity, quite clear, although there was some haze over the Syracuse skyline when I went for a walk along Onondoga Lake. The lake was very still when I was out walking.

We have a very nice last day of summer on tap…

Today will be sunny, with a high of 81 degrees at 3pm. 11 degrees above normal. Warm but very low humidity. Maximum dew point of 53 at 9am. Dew point will drop to below Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon. The record high of 95 was set in 1895.

This morning was great down by the lake. Stopped and took some pictures, hope to upload them later on. Lots of ducks on the lake and even the air had the earthy smell of fall. I’m sure a lot of farms are chopping corn in the area, especially in the more agricultural areas to the west and north. I like autumn a lot, and while the long nights are a bit annoying, they are just part of the whole cycle of things. The sun wasn’t so bad driving to the office — it was downright awful yesterday, although it helped that I wore sunglasses.

The sun will set at 7:02 pm with dusk around 7:30 pm, which is 1 minutes and 49 seconds earlier than yesterday. Tomorrow for the first time this year, the sun will set before 7 PM, at least here in Syracuse. Today will have 12 hours and 9 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 2 minutes and 55 seconds over yesterday. Tomorrow, despite being the first day of autumn, will have 12 hours and 6 minutes of daylight due to refraction of light in the atmosphere.

Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low of 53 degrees at 6am. Four degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 53 at 6pm. Light and variable wind. The record low of 31 occurred back in 1962.

There are 3 weeks until Yom Kippur when the sun will be setting at 6:25 pm with dusk at 6:53 pm. The average high temperature is 61 degrees, with a record high of 85 in 1954. It’s remarkable how fast the daylight disappears come autumn, to say nothing about the rapidly dropping temperatures. Tomorrow the next fall foliage report comes out, and it will be interesting to see what they report.