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.
Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. Mostly sunny and 23 degrees in Delmar. Calm wind. Temperatures really dropped with those clear skies, although honestly its not that cold for the last week of November when the average low is 28. No wind helps.
Today will be sunny, with a high of 47 degrees at 2pm. Two degrees above normal. Light and variable wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Should be a pretty nice day. Maybe not record breaking or as warm as last year but the sun will feel good. A year ago, we had rain and a high of 58 degrees. The record high of 68 was set in 1990. 6 inches of snow fell back in 1985.
Good evening! Partly clear and 35 degrees in Delmar. There is a northwest breeze at 7 mph.
Tonight will be partly cloudy, with a low of 31 degrees at 4am. One degree above normal. Northwest wind 3 to 7 mph. In 2015, it got down to 35 degrees with periods of rain. The record low of 6 occurred back in 1951.
Waning Crescent Moon tonight with 8% illuminated. The moon will rise around 4:44 am. The New Moon is on Tuesday night with slight chance of showers expected. The Full “Cold” Moon is on Wednesday, December 14th.
Tomorrow will be mostly sunny, with a high of 42 degrees at 1pm. Typical for tomorrow. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. A year ago, we had rain and a high of 58 degrees. The record high of 68 was set in 1990. 6 inches of snow fell back in 1985. The sun will rise at 7:02 am with the first light at 6:31 am, which is 1 minutes and 8 seconds later then yesterday.
The rest of the week looks to be quite cloudy and seasonable cool. Not really bad weather but hardly bright and sunny weather. Then again, clouds are common in late autumn in the Albany area.
Looking ahead on the calendar, Christmas is in 4 weeks, New Years Day is in 5 weeks, My 34th Birthday is in 9 weeks, Daylight Savings Time is in 15 weeks, Palm Sunday is in 19 weeks, Easter is in 20 weeks, Mother’s Day is in 24 weeks and Father’s Day is in 29 weeks. Lots of Sunday holidays to look forward to in the coming weeks.
Gave up on restoring my old PostGIS database. I’m just going to create a new one. No need to waste my time on this old data, I’ll freshen it up with new data from the respective sources. It will take the machine a while to update things but I can either leave it working during night or just nice the process. Hopefully I’ll be back in the map business by tomorrow evening.
Big Redfinally got his bath. He is mostly free of rain and mud now. It was fine at the car wash, now I’m sure they’ll start applying road salt like there is no tomorrow.
Well stocked up on groceries. I shouldn’t have to go shopping until at least Sunday. That’s good as I don’t like to drive during the weekdays. Tons and tons of waffles now in my freezer.
Good afternoon! Happy Sunday. Four weeks until Christmas. Mostly cloudy and 40 degrees in Delmar. There is a northwest breeze at 7 mph. The skies will clear around 3 pm.
Today will be mostly cloudy, with a high of 42 degrees at 1pm. Some clearing later. One degrees below normal. Northwest wind 7 to 11 mph. Last year, mostly cloudy with a high around 64. The record high of 66 was set in 1896. There was 4.8 inches of snow back in 1940.
The sun will set at 4:24 pm with dusk around 4:55 pm, which is 27 seconds earlier than yesterday. Today will have 9 hours and 21 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 1 minutes and 35 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will be partly cloudy, with a low of 27 degrees at 6am. One degrees below normal. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm after midnight. One year ago, cloudy with a low around 35. The record low of 6 occurred back in 1951.
There are 4 weeks until Christmas when the sun will be setting at 4:28 pm with dusk at 5:00 pm. The average high temperature is 33 degrees, with a record high of 66 in 1889.
Today in 1978 in San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former Board of Supervisors members and police officer Dan White who resigned in protest over a juvenile facility for violent criminals being built in his neighborhood. People make this out to be a big gay rights or gun control story, when the truth is it’s more an overheated angry political debate that turned violent. It’s not clear that Harvey Milk was even shot because he was gay. Moreover, you aren’t going to be able to take guns away from previously law-abiding retited cops and elected officials.
Yesterday my sister brought her young daughter over to my parents house. We sung Christmas songs and she was cute. It was a fun afternoon. Spinach casserole for dinner. Yum.
Continuing to make progress on getting my new laptop setup. Everything is fully restored except for the PostGIS database. I have the database files and I believe they will work fine once I get the backported version of Postgresql 9.4 installed on my laptop and converted to Postgresql 9.6. Once that is done I’ll be back in the map making business. I also have left to install the photo management app that I like but have forgotten the name of the program.
I finallyremoved the old registration sticker from my truck and got the new one on. I was hoping for a nice sunny and warm morning so the sticker would remain firmly affixed but that was not to be. Pocket knife, and steel scrubbing pad, warm water, wet towel got it done. I do need to buy or find in my man cave yet another glass scraper and lock it in the truck. Now with the new registration sticker Donald Trump and his gestapo can’t call me an illegal. I registered with his government. The old one was going to expire on on Wednesday. Topped off the windshield washer fluid this morning.
Made an omlet this morning. I use the mixer and the frying pan on low. That’s one of nice things about being home, although I actually eat more eggs when I’m camping. That said when I was living in North Syracuse, I never had eggs because I didn’t really have a place to cook them. Eggs make a good breakfast especially when mixed with lots of healthy veggies. I try to eat more veggies every day.
I also bought a bunch more breakfast stuff, including the mega box of 60 frozen toaster waffles they sell at Shoprite. Nearly half of my freezer is waffles – I had pull out a gallon of ice. Going forward I don’t expect I’ll need much ice as it’s winter. It pretty full with left overs, and part of a squirrel I chopped up a while back.
I like waffles topped with tons of frozen fruit, skipping syrup and butter. It makes it fairly healthy, although I do also have breakfast sausage. Easy to make, just toss it all in the oven and continue to get ready for work.
It’s such a gray day. I was originally thinking about going to Kaaterskill Falls and the rail trail but it was removed from the agenda. I might walk the local rail trail this afternoon, if we ever see the sun again in Delmar. Forecast says maybe.
Probably going down to the library for a bit, so I can try to get the back ported postgresql up and running. I also have some minor blog updates to upload. We will see. I need to run to Walmart to get sandwich meat (I find that the fresh cut from the local grocery stores don’t last) and wash the truck in Glenmont.
Oiled the shotgun this morning. It needed it, I spotted some rust on the barrel. I’ll probably be back out in the field once big game season is over. Thinking about camping in the Adirondacks in two weeks.
Need to run to Sears this week to get more Oxford shirts. I also need to get a new winter coat and a sportscoat for work. I guess if I have to take some money from savings so be it. Things eventually wear out no matter how careful you are. I tend to fully maximize the life of things that I own.
Good morning! Happy Thanksgiving. Ready for some turkey? The last time we had Thanksgiving on the 24th was back in 2011. Relatively early. Gives us two extra days before Christmas compared to some years. I’m watching the Thanksgiving parade from my bed.
Right now, there is light snow coming down and 36 degrees in Delmar. At least around here, the roads should remain fine. Calm wind. We are in a bit of a period of chilly, unstable weather. The skies will clear Sunday around 7 pm.
Thanksgiving Day will have a chance of rain and snow between before 11am, then a chance of rain after 11am. Cloudy, with a high of 39 degrees at 1pm. Five degrees below normal. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. Last year, partly sunny with a high around 44. The record high of 70 was set in 2014. There was 8.8 inches of snow back in 1898.
The sun will set at 4:25 pm with dusk around 4:56 pm, which is 33 seconds earlier than yesterday. Tomorrow will have 9 hours and 24 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 1 minutes and 40 seconds over today.
Tonight will have a chance of light rain before midnight, then a chance of drizzle after midnight. Cloudy, with a low of 33 degrees at 6am. Four degrees above normal. Light southeast wind. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. One year ago, mostly clear with a low around 24. The record low of 2 occurred back in 1938.
Today in 1856, Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species. The book, controversial at the time, would revolutionize how people viewed the natural world.
Back in 1971, during a severe thunderstorm over Washington state, a hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper (aka D. B. Cooper) parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane with $200,000 in ransom money. He has never been found.
I keep waking up around 5 AM each morning but that’s because most nights I’m in bed by 9 PM. Right now because it’s so cold and dark I’ve mostly returned to bed and just played on my phone but I figured when I need to get up, it’s good to be up and going.
I ordered the laptop. They have several in stock but I want to get one before they sold out locally. I will pick it up sometime around nine or ten tomorrow, as that’s when the Internet recommends for avoiding packed stores on Black Friday. Some people get up early for the door busters but apparently by around nine AM crowds and thin out. If there is traffic delays – which I doubt based on the store I’m picking it up at – then so be it, I have a full tank of gas. It’s almost close enough to my house to walk. I guess if traffic is too bad, I can park and walk. I’ll have my phone with me to keep entertained in the store, although all I think I will have to do is find a clerk, show my ID, have them get the laptop from out back and off I’ll go.
I’m glad I’ve made a decision and forward I will go. Now once I get the laptop I got to get xubuntu Linux up and running on it, get LAMP and GIS software running and the files I actually use moved over to it. That’s the plan for Friday. A lot of using the apt-get at the library because I don’t have Internet access at home. I look forward to being able to make maps, process videos and edit blog code again.
I’m having an issue with the accessory battery draining down too low from accessories when the truck is parked too long. I found a fairly inexpensive ($50) and easy to install automatic low voltage battery disconnect from Cabella’s that will disconnect the battery from the accessory load when the voltage slips below 12.1 and automatically reconnect when the voltage goes above 13.5 volts for 30 seconds when the engine is restarted. I’ll probably yet again end up replacing the accessory battery again in the process, but with the low voltage disconnect set at 12.1 volts I expect it will last much longer as the battery won’t see those regular destructive low voltages. Not sure when I will do this, it might wait until camping season this springtime. I also need to get to a shop that can make me up a cable to wire up the low voltage disconnect.
I also will be getting a casual winter coat, probably on Cyber Monday. Probably just a Carhartt jacket but one in a darker color. I never bought a winter jacket last year but the way this year’s forecast is shaping up and because I want to do more camping, I need one. For work I have that wool overcoat but that’s something that I can’t really wear in the woods.
It’s going to be a lot of money over the next few weeks, but I have some extra in my account to make these things happen. Also need to retire debt from vacation.
Later on this afternoon, heading out to dinner at my parent’s house. They make a really good Thanksgiving dinner. Maybe going for a walk midday assuming that the rain holds off.
