Albany Almanac — March 18, 2017

TEMPERATURES

As of 5 p.m. yesterday

High: 70

Low: 34

High last year: 83

Low last year: 64

Normal high: 74

Normal low: 48

Record high: 89 in 1945

Record low: 26 in 1981

Soil (4 inches):

PRECIPITATION

Albany airport rain gauge

Midnight-5 p.m. yesterday: None

To date through yesterday morning

Month: 1.21

Departure: -2.02

Year: 13.44

Departure: 0.02

SUN & MOON

Sunrise: 7:43 a.m.

Sunset: 7:46 p.m.

Day length: 12:03

Moon phase: Waning gibbous; last-quarter moon is Monday.

DID YOU KNOW?

Spring starts at 6:29 a.m. Monday, when the sun crosses the celestial equator as it move northward in the sky. The spring or vernal equinox is the day in Martch when day and night worldwide are approximately equal because the Earth’s axis is not pointing toward or away from the sun. The Albany area’s daytime started exceeding 12 hours on Friday.