Good evening! Mostly clear and 29 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a northwest breeze at 9 mph. 🍃. Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 11 am. 🌡️
Don’t be sad 😔 that it’s over, remember the good times. I really enjoyed the rural landscape of Madison County and getting away. 🚜 There is something so charming about the deep rural. I wish I could live there. Maybe someday but not in New York State. I guess money isn’t a big deal as I think but I’m not sure how I would make ends meet in a place like Madison County. 🧑🌾 I’m sure there are many other places like it only without the silliness of our wonderful state. I just love all the browns and earthy colors this time of year, the smells of the earth, silage, manure and wood smoke. 🐮
It really turned out to be a wonderful trip. 🗻 Today finally had bright blue skies and the snow 🌨 and ice on the trees was amazing. Too bad my camera 📸 battery was dead and I had to use my cellphone 📱 as they’ve cleared the top of Tassell Hill and there are great views of the Mohawk Valley and Adirondacks now. Such an amazing weekend. Cold ❄ at times but not unexpected for December. Maybe I should have hot tented but I was fine under the covers in my truck.
Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 19 degrees at 6am. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around February 19th. Maximum wind chill around 17 at 2am; Northwest wind 6 to 9 mph. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became light snow by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 28 degrees. The record low of -23 occurred back in 1971.
Tonight will have a Waining Crescent 🌘 Moon with 27% illuminated. The Snow ❄ Moon is on Wednesday, February 1. The darkest hour is at 12:06 am, followed by dawn at 6:52 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:23 am in the east-southeast (118°) and last for 3 minutes and 18 seconds. Sunrise is 29 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 8:07 am with sun in the southeast (126°).Tonight will have 14 hours and 30 minutes of darkness, a decrease of one minute and 43 seconds over last night.
Tomorrow will have a slight chance of freezing rain between 11am and noon, then a chance of rain. Increasing clouds 🌧, with a high of 36 degrees at 2pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 14th. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had light freezing rain in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 36 degrees. The record high of 62 was set in 1889. 10.9 inches of snow fell back in 1994.❄
In four weeks on February 13 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (253°) at 5:25 pm,🌄 which is 35 minutes and 58 seconds later then tonight. In 2021 on that day, we had cold, mostly cloudy and temperatures between 21 and 5 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 35 and 17 degrees. The record high of 58 degrees was set back in 1900.
Looking ahead, tommorow is , National Cheese Lovers Day 🧀 is Next Monday, Save the Pine Bush Turns 43 🦋 is in 3 weeks, Presidents Day 👴 is in 5 weeks, 8 PM Dusk 🌆 is in 12 weeks, Average High is 60 🌷 is in 3 months, May 🕊 is in 15 weeks, 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ is in 20 weeks, Average High is 80 🏖 is in 22 weeks, Last Sunset After 8:30 PM 🌆 is in 6 months, World Mosquito Day 🐞 is in 31 weeks, Labor Day 👨🏭 is in 33 weeks, September 11th 🇺🇸 is in 34 weeks, 7 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 35 weeks, Average Night Below Freezing 🌌 is in 43 weeks, Cyber Monday 🛍️ is in 45 weeks, First Sunday of Advent ✝️ is in 46 weeks, Tea Party Day 🐍 is in 11 months, Bake Cookies Day 🍪 is in 48 weeks and Christmas 🎅 is in 49 weeks.
Exploring Lost Pond at the Charles Baker State Forest off Truck Trail 4. There is a drive in campsite designated at the trailhead with a camp here logo.
Good morning! Happy Martin Luther King Jr Day! 👑 I think his birthday 🎂 was yesterday, so a happy belated birthday to him. Now when do we get a holiday to celebrate the life of Fred Hampton?
Mostly sunny and 15 degrees at the Moscow Hill Camping Area. ☀ There is a north breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. Cold start to the morning but it’s warming up fast especially as the sun gets above the hills and into the holler. 🌡️
Cold enough this morning I started Big Red 🛻 for a while to be safe and ensure the battery 🔋 would be good by the time to leave. I don’t like idling my truck too much while camping due to oil consumption from idling and the famous 5.3 lifter tick but I didn’t want a dead starting battery either in the cold. She started right up though. It was in the single digits last night. I was a bit concerned as it appeared some voltage was bleeding through the relay last night to the accessory battery from the staring battery when I was idling the truck, not sure what that was about, but it didn’t cause any issues. 🤷♂️
M. L. King Day will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 32 degrees at 2pm. Typical for M.L.King Day. It’s the coldest week of winter on average though not this year. LA Nina and global warming from rednecks like me who drive big jacked up trucks and burn too much plastic. Northwest wind 6 to 11 mph. A year ago, we had light freezing rain in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 37 degrees. The record high of 62 was set in 1995. 15.1 inches of snow fell back in 1945.❄
Today I’m going to take down camp and maybe hike back to Tassell Hill from Chittenden Pond. ⛰ It’s the highest point in Oneida County and I’ve never been there before. Might also hike around Brookfield Creek loop and or Glimmerglass though I’ve done the later a few times. Then I want to head home relatively early and take a shower 🚿 and wash the salt and sand off Big Red 🛻 and get ready for a regular session work day on Tuesday.
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:12 pm with sun having an altitude of 26.2° from the due south horizon (-44.4° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 12.2 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:10 pm with the sun in the southwest (234°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (242°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:54 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 19 seconds with dusk around 5:24 pm, which is one minute and 11 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:00 pm. At sunset, look for sunny skies 🌃 and temperatures around 30 degrees. There will be a northwest breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 28 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 40 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 19 degrees at 12am. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around February 19th. Maximum wind chill around 20 at 5am; Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became light snow by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 28 degrees. The record low of -23 occurred back in 1971.
Yesterday I hiked about 12 miles around Charles Baker State Forest 🌲🌳 checking out some of the more remote campsites, deep back country horse 🐴 trails, Lost Pond, Evergreen Pond Lean To, Quaker Cemetery 🪦 and the Old Little Red School 🏫 House, a one room school house that’s now somebody’s residence. I was surprised 🤨 I ran into more people than I expected in the woods.
While not currently a state holiday, next Monday is National Cheese Lovers Day 🧀 when the sun will be setting at 5:04 pm with dusk at 5:33 pm. Nobody can be opposed to that. Plus soon I won’t be walking home from work in the dark. 🔦 On that day in 2022, we had mostly sunny skies, a few snow showers and temperatures between 24 and 11 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 32 degrees. We hit a record high of 64 back in 1906.
