Spring

A Look Ahead Towards the Start of Meteorological Spring

In like a lion, out like a lamb in Albany, NY as we startΒ meteorologicalΒ spring …

March 1stΒ 
Average High – 40 degrees
Average Low – 22 degrees

Records:
Negative 9 below in 1940
66 degrees in 2017

March 31st
Average High – 52 degrees
Average Low – 31 degrees

Records:
12 degrees in 1923
89 degrees in 1998

Nice temperatures are just around the corner. Daylight savings time begins a week from Sunday on March 10th — an average high of 43. The first day of spring is Tuesday March 19th — an average high of 46.

 Heading Into Dormansville

Tarrytown and Bennett Hill

Green Up Date

Green Up Date

The Green Up Day is when leaves start popping out from the trees.

The thunderstorm

The thunder rumbled while I was in the swimming hole,
crack boom bang,
I headed back to camp when I saw the lightning,
Under the tarp,
Rumble, rumble.

The storm never came that close,
But it started to rain,
Not that hard.

So I sat and watched.
The rain picked up,
The 5 gallon bucket next to the tarp
Filled up.

And then it stopped,
much like it started.
I went for another swim.

Allegheny Reservior

Delmar Impervious Soils

With more rain expected this weekend, I thought it would be interesting to make a quick map of the Impervious souls (blacktop and concrete), along with stormwater outfalls in Delmar.