Delmar, New York

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Delmar is a hamlet in the Town of Bethlehem, in Albany County, New York, United States. It is a suburb of the neighboring city of Albany. The community is bisected by NY Route 443 (Delaware Avenue), a major thoroughfare, main street, and route to Albany.

A census-designated place (CDP) has been established since 1980 by the U.S. Census Bureau for tabulating the population of what the census has defined as the boundaries of the urbanized area in and around Delmar. The population was 8,292 at the 2000 census, but it was not included as a CDP in the 2010 census.

In 2005, CNN/Money Magazine named the Delmar ZIP Code (an area larger than the Delmar hamlet or CDP) as one of the “Best Places to Live” in America, rating it the 22nd best place to live among what it called “Great American Towns.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delmar,_New_York

Weather Update – January 24, 2022

Andy | January 24, 2022

Less cold today 😎

Still not warm, but relatively speaking, I guess I will take 25 degrees. I didn’t leave the heat turned up before work today, as it is going to be reasonably cold tonight and the sun should warm things up well. Tuesday night into Wednesday though will be cold. ❄️ That said, I am hoping to get to the store tonight and wash my truck — after the snow yesterday, the salters where out so I figured going to the store and washing my truck was a futile activity. 🚚 But it’s January.

It might warm up come February, although that comes with the asterisk that it might mean more snow. Or maybe it actually will warm up. 🐦 Then my metrologist friend says that March will be cold and snowy, but that’s always off. 🌨 Then comes April. 🌺 I like April as the snow usually is more reasonable, good for going up to the Adirondacks or maybe Central NY. 🏕 Need to camp have a big fire to burn off all the paper and other burnables, 🔥 especially with them no longer having the free paper recycling dumpsters in town. ♻️ The first campfire of the year is always fun, especially with the cold beer.

Today. Cold !	Partly sunny. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the afternoon. and	25 degrees	, 5 max wind chill,	4:58 sunset.
Tonight. Feels like … March 3rd.	Light snow likely, mainly between 10pm and 2am. Cloudy. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. and	21 degrees	, 13 max wind chill,	7:15 sunrise.
Tuesday. Feels like … February 18th.	Scattered snow showers, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy. South wind 7 to 13 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. and	35 degrees	,	4:59 sunset.
Tuesday Night. Cold !	Partly cloudy. Wind chill values as low as -1. Northwest wind around 8 mph. and	7 degrees	, -2 max wind chill,	7:14 sunrise.
Wednesday. Cold !	Sunny. Northwest wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. and	14 degrees	, -4 max wind chill,	5:00 sunset.
Wednesday Night. Cold !	Mostly clear. and	-5 degrees	, -11 max wind chill,	7:13 sunrise.
Thursday. Cold !	Mostly sunny. and	22 degrees	, -12 max wind chill,	5:01 sunset.
Thursday Night. Cold !	Mostly cloudy. and	13 degrees	, 6 max wind chill,	7:12 sunrise.
Friday. Cold !	A chance of snow showers after 1pm. Cloudy. Chance of precipitation is 30%. and	30 degrees	, 7 max wind chill,	5:03 sunset.
Friday Night. Cold !	A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy. Chance of precipitation is 30%. and	10 degrees	, -1 max wind chill,	7:11 sunrise.
Saturday. Cold !	A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy. Chance of precipitation is 30%. and	22 degrees	, -1 max wind chill,	5:04 sunset.
Saturday Night. Cold !	Partly cloudy. and	6 degrees	, -6 max wind chill,	7:10 sunrise.
Sunday. Cold !	Mostly sunny. and	24 degrees	, -6 max wind chill,	5:05 sunset.

Good Morning – January 24, 2022

Andy | January 24, 2022

Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. 😀

What do I know, I mean I worked on both Saturday and Sunday. Got in 7 hours of work between those days, including spending most of Saturday afternoon working downtown. And I’m salaried, so that means only Comp Time. So what weekend? LOL!

Partly cloudy and 16 degrees on the earlier CDTA Route 18 heading downtown. ⛅ Calm wind. There are 4.5 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 1 pm. 🌡️

I don’t know, it doesn’t feel that cold. 🌞 That sunshine feels good this morning. I kept the heat turned down but I left the kitchen cabinets open, to be safe with it, and make it extra easy for the mice to get in them and trip over the open drawers. I’m just tired of paying for the extra heat to keep the pipes thawed, even though I’ve never had any problems.

I was up early as I needed to get in the office early to get yet another project finished up. 📄 Another dress up day for work, but I’ve been doing it for so many years that almost all my dress clothes is comfortable, well fitting, easy to wash and get ready for work. Then it will be a big rush to get that stack of work done in the morning.

I am hoping to get to the store this evening and wash my truck. 🚿 I have enough groceries for now, but I am starting to run low and I want to get as much of the salt off my truck as possible before it sits for the rest of the week. I keep wanting to wash my truck, but it’s been tough, as it’s always salty this time of year. I was going to go last night, but it snowed in the evening after seeing the folks, and they applied more salt to the roads to clear them, and with the wet salt, it would have been sprayed everywhere before I got back from the store.

Found my Gadsden Flag in my truck

| January 15, 2022

Taken on Monday January 15, 2018 at Delmar, New York.

Weather Update – January 12, 2022

Andy | January 12, 2022

I was really hopeful for getting out of town this weekend 😞

Three day weekend, but it’s just not going to happen. Monday looks increasingly like snow, and Saturday will be bitterly cold. I mean I can work with the cold, but I think with highs in the single digits on Saturday, especially up north, it ain’t going to happen. I had a vision, but the weather seems to have taken it off the table. Winter just is tough for plans out of town. But I can stay home or go out to Five Rivers, and that won’t cost much money. I was so hoping for hot tenting, having a big ol’ fire, maybe shooting some guns, later on drinking some beer, burning up some of that scrap paper that is filling up the waste basket at home.

At least not so cold today, I was able to turn down the heat. 🌡 But I am going to have to watch out for ice on the sidewalks with the warmer weather. The predicted sun is nice, but I almost feel like the meteorologists are too optimistic. I’m thinking more clouds will dominate. But only 26 degrees tonight, which is nice for a change, gives the heat a break. Almost 40 come Thursday, which will help with the ice. ❄️ Almost the ice can be worse then the snow, I don’t want to slip and fall again.

Today. Feels like … February 3rd.	Partly sunny. South wind 8 to 14 mph. and	33 degrees	, 3 max wind chill,	4:43 sunset.
Tonight. Feels like … March 17th.	Cloudy. South wind 3 to 6 mph. and	26 degrees	,	7:23 sunrise.
Thursday. Feels like … February 24th.	A slight chance of snow showers, mixing with rain after 11am, then gradually ending. Mostly cloudy. South wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. and	38 degrees	,	4:44 sunset.
Thursday Night. Feels like … March 10th.	A slight chance of snow showers before 10pm, then a slight chance of snow showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%. and	24 degrees	,	7:22 sunrise.
Friday. Cold !	Partly sunny. North wind 7 to 13 mph. and	27 degrees	, 2 max wind chill,	4:46 sunset.
Friday Night. Cold !	Partly cloudy, with a low around -3. and	-3 degrees	, -20 max wind chill,	7:22 sunrise.
Saturday. Cold !	Mostly sunny and cold. and	10 degrees	, -20 max wind chill,	4:47 sunset.
Saturday Night. Cold !	Partly cloudy, with a low around -2. and	-2 degrees	, -12 max wind chill,	7:21 sunrise.
Sunday. Cold !	Mostly sunny. and	22 degrees	, -11 max wind chill,	4:48 sunset.
Sunday Night. Cold !	A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy. Chance of precipitation is 50%. and	13 degrees	, 5 max wind chill,	7:21 sunrise.
M.L.King Day. Feels like … February 3rd.	A chance of rain and snow. Cloudy. Chance of precipitation is 50%. and	33 degrees	, 9 max wind chill,	4:49 sunset.
Monday Night. Feels like … February 22nd.	Mostly cloudy. and	19 degrees	, 10 max wind chill,	7:20 sunrise.
Tuesday. Cold !	Partly sunny. and	30 degrees	, 10 max wind chill,	4:50 sunset.

Good Morning – January 12, 2022

Andy | January 12, 2022

Good morning! Happy Coldest Day Ever Recorded in Albany 💨 !

That would be January 12, 1968 when it was negative 26 degrees in Albany, coldest day ever recorded! Interestingly enough, the latest climate normals show the coldest week of the year has shifted a week later. And much warmer than that today. UPDATE – My friend Hugh says that actually January 18, 1971 was colder, 28 below zero.

Partly sunny and 17 degrees at the CDTA Bus Stop #10595. There is a south breeze at 14 mph. 🍃. The current wind chill is 3. There is a dusting of snow on the ground. ☃ Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 10 am. 🌡️

Today should make a run at the freezing mark, ☀ which will make the black ice fun for the evening walk 🚶. I did get out for my evening walk, though not until after slipping on the black ice running to the store to get milk 🥛. I hit my knee 😵and it hurt like a mother but I was fine by the time I went for my evening walk. The town side walks weren’t bad, it just was where I was walking in the parking lot. Didn’t rip my pants AFAIK.

My evening walk was pretty good, 🚶‍♀️ I am glad I got some steps in, although not the 10,000 steps I go for more nice nights. I probably should have walked on Monday, I was bad and didn’t do that.