Albany Almanac – April 4, 2015
Jim Hendricks
TEMPERATURES
As of 5 p.m. yesterday
High: 85
Low: 55
High last year: 83
Low last year: 53
Normal high: 78
Normal low: 51
Record high: 92 (1910)
Record low: 30 (1971)
Soil (4 inches): 67
PRECIPITATION
Albany airport rain gauge
Midnight-5 p.m. yesterday: None
To date through yesterday morning
Month: 0.00
Departure: -0.47
Year: 9.50
Departure: -6.89
SUN & MOON
Sunrise: 7:22 a.m.
Sunset: 7:57 p.m.
Day length: 12:35
Moon phase: The full moon, known by the nickname of the Pink Moon in April, will be at 8:07 a.m. today. There also will be a full lunar eclipse, the third of four in what is termed a tetrad. The eclipse won’t be seen in Southwest Georgia because the moon will set at 7:26 a.m. before the full eclipse starts. The eclipse will be visible in the western United States.