Albany Area Almanac
From Staff Reports
TEMPERATURES
As of 5 p.m. yesterday
High: 89
Low: 73
Normal High: 93
Normal Low: 71
High Last Year: 94
Low Last Year: 74
Record High: 101 (1935)
Record Low: 63 (1950)
Soil Temperature (at 4 inches): 85
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Albany airport rain gauge
Midnight-5 p.m. yesterday: 0.07
To date through yesterday morning
Month: 1.53
Departure from normal: 0.65
Year: 27.31
Departure from normal: -8.88
SUNRISE & SUNSET
Sunrise: 6:56 a.m.
Sunset: 8:30 p.m.
Day Length: 13 hrs., 34 min.
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