Albany Almanac for Feb. 1, 2018
Temperatures, rainfall, and sun and moon information for the Albany area
By Staff Reports
TEMPERATURES
As of 5 p.m. yesterday
High: 61
Low: 28
High last year: 63
Low last year: 39
Normal high: 62
Normal low: 39
Record high: 82 in 1957
Record low: 6 in 1966
Soil (4 inches): 56
PRECIPITATION
Albany airport rain gauge
Midnight-5 p.m. yesterday: None
To date through yesterday morning
Month: 3.03
Departure: -2.20
Year: 3.03
Departure: -2.20
SUN & MOON
Sunrise: 7:30 a.m.
Sunset: 6:11 p.m.
Day length: 10:41
Moon phase: Waning gibbous; last-quarter moon is Wednesday.
DID YOU KNOW?
February will have an unusual distinction — no full moon. March, however, will have a blue moon (second full moon of the month), like January did.
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