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. Continued cloudy, damp, cool conditions today but not much rain expected. It’s 49 degrees now and we expect to reach 57 later. The average high for today is 66 degrees. Not exactly a nice day for sitting on a patio sipping a cold one on this Cinco de Mayo. The wet conditions and warmer nights have really made the leaves start to pop. Getting pretty green outside.
Uploaded some new maps to the blog including an Albany County population density map for today. It shows population density in persons per acre which is kind of interesting to look at the city versus surrounding areas.
Tomorrow is Friday. That makes me happy as its been a long week. I left my headphones home, so I don’t have music to entertain me on the bus ride. That sucks but I made the bus in time.
On Cinco de Mayo in 1866, Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York. Now that area is primarily known for the Seneca Meadows landfill, which actually dwarfs that small city.
As we head into the 9 o’clock hour we are at 52 degrees with drizzle coming down. Kind of a dark and depressing day.
What if you knew her and found her dead on the ground? Forty six years ago today was the Kent State Shootings. A divisive moment in American history, Kent State would not publicly acknowledge the murder of four college students by National Guardsmen for nearly three decades after the shootings. The college washed the blood off the asphalt but did not put up a plaque or marker acknowledging the incident until the 1990s, long after the local political leaders at the time were long dead.
I am working on putting together a blog renovation, which is part of the reason I haven’t posted any new maps for a while now. The roll out is mostly ready to be implemented but I have a little more code to implement and test. I have a lot of data ready to map and will hopefully start uploading new maps either later in the week or next weekend.
Through the weekend we look to be stuck in this cold and rainy pattern with clouds prevailing through Sunday. The best chance for lots of sun is next Monday and particularly nice weather next Tuesday with a high around 72.
You can’t control the weather but you can control your attitude towards it. Happy Wednesday. Bring your umbrella to work today. Rain showers throughout the day, currently 51 degrees. Only looking at a high around 55 degrees with the clouds and rain keeping temperatures down.
Heading into the 11 o’clock hour we are at 51 degrees under cloudy skies. We had a rain shower a while back. A low tonight around 47. Continued cool and cloudy tomorrow with a high around 58. Rain showers throughout the day with the best chance of rain in the afternoon.
It’s May 3rd and increasingly greening up in the city. In a few weeks green will take over the landscape. Spring will arrive with the damp and somewhat rainy conditions helping to jump start the process. Gray with a high around 60 today.
Today in 1973, The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet as the world’s tallest building.
Happy Birthday to James Brown, Frankie Valli of the Four Seasons, Pete Staples of the Troggs. I guess it’s a big birthday party for those who like listening to the oldies station.
I am still recovering from vacation. It is really hard to get back into the groove after a nice vacation. That stylus really kicks you in the can.
I don’t have any real plans for the weekend but I am monitoring the weather situation. I really have things that need to get done in the city, so I’ll probably just stay in town.
Good morning. 47 degrees and cloudy this morning. 60 degrees with a chance of showers this morning especially as you head south of Albany. Otherwise mostly cloudy. Sunset at 7:58 pm in Albany. Have a great day!