Albany Almanac – April 4, 2015

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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.

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