Albany Almanac – May 14, 2014
Jim Hendricks
TEMPERATURES
As of 5 p.m. yesterday
High: 88
Low: 66
High last year: 82
Low last year: 51
Normal high: 87
Normal low: 61
Record high: 100 (1916)
Record low: 43 (1960)
Soil (4 inches): 81
PRECIPITATION
As of 5 p.m. yesterday: None
To date through yesterday morning
Month: 0.81
Departure: -0.84
Year: 21.44
Departure: -0.07
SUN & MOON
Sunrise: 6:41 a.m.
Sunset: 8:25 p.m.
Moon phase: Full moon is this afternoon.
DID YOU KNOW?
May’s full moon as known as the Flower Moon, since flowers are blooming in most places this month. Other nicknames are the Corn Planing Moon, the Green Grass Moon, the Root-Food Moon and the Milk Moon.