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 on this Hump Day, the first one of March. There is a snow squall passing through but overall it’s 32 degrees with temperatures dropping. Blustery morning, the airport is reporting 27 mph winds with gusts reaching nearly 50 mph. This makes the wind chill around 18. In like a lion comes March.
After the squall, today will be mostly sunny but windy with temperatures dropping to 16 degrees by later this evening. We have likely reached the high for today.
Tonight the sun will set at 5:47 pm with darkness around 6:15 pm, which is 1 minutes and 13 seconds later than yesterday. Today will have 11 hours and 20 minutes of daylight, an increase of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over yesterday.
Today in 1937, the Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
On the energy front, in 1949 The first automatic street light is installed in New Milford, Connecticut.
On the environment front, in 1989 Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.
Happy Birthday to Ken Salazar, our country’s 50th secretary of the Department of the Interior. He turns 61 years old today. He’s been retired for a few years now, leaving after the first Obama administration.
Last night didn’t do all that much, instead mostly just staying home, looking at PBS’ special on Man Space, an early mission to space and making up some more maps.
Good morning on this Leap Day. You better make the most of it because it’s the last one we will celebrate through 2020. Currently 47 degrees with a light rain coming down. Heavier showers will approach as the morning progresses.
Then the mercury will drop after the front passes, and look for increasing sun and temperatures in the 30s for the afternoon. Should for all intents and purposes be a nice day.
Today is the 60th day of 2016. At least we will be getting closer to aligning the calendar to the natural rotation of the earth around the sun. People born today only get to celebrate their birthday every four years.
Happy Birthday to Bart Stupak, the pro-life Upper Peninsula of Michigan Democrat who was infamous for his amendment prohibiting Obamacare from covering abortion services, even when the a women pays for such coverage out of her own funds. Stupak, who retired from Congress in 2010, turns 64 today and is celebrating his 16th Birthday.
Today during Leap Year 1504, Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Native Americans to provide him with supplies.
It was a nice weekend and a meaningful one for me, getting a nice evening on Saturday night in the wilderness. I certainly enjoyed the fact it wasn’t too frigid and I enjoyed the stars and the campfire in the wilderness. It was pretty quite along Route 8, and having the lights up at camp was a big bonus. Watching the ice racing on Lake Algonquin was pretty neat.
That said, I got a pretty late start to bed, as I had to do a lot of things after I got home. So be it. I got my wash done, my truck washed, groceries bought, and the clothes and food put away. I slept in a bit this morning and are taking the later bus to work.
Looking forward to a decent week as spring approaches. All evidence points to a mild spring, we may be done for snow this year. We will see.
Good evening! Currently 27 degrees and a few clouds and breezy with a 21 mph west-northwest wind, with gusts up to 39 mph. The wind chill value is currently 13. That wind sure is biting this evening, especially downtown.
Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low around 15. Northwest wind 11 to 16 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph. Below zero windchills on tap, but they won’t last.
Tonight will have 12 hours and 52 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 50 seconds over last night. Still a reasonable amount of daylight as I write this post. I can’t wait until we have more daylight than darkness and the cold isn’t so biting.
Tonight we will have a Waining Gibbous Moon with 73% illuminated. It will rise at 9:08 pm. If you don’t mind the cold and plan to stay up, a good night for viewing the moon. The Last Quarter Moon is on Tuesday and the New Moon is on March 9th.
Going to be a very nice weekend….
Saturday will be sunny but increasing clouds, with a high near 39. Light south wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning. It should be a pretty nice one for late February.
Saturday Night will be mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph. Sunday will be mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 50. South wind 5 to 9 mph.
Tonight I will pack for the Adirondacks. It only one night, so not a lot of gear, although it needs to be well organized, as I’ll be towing it back to camp on a sled. Going to be a great weekend weather wise.
Thank God for letting you make it to the weekend. If you choose to drink, don’t drive. Have a great evening!
Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! Currently 24 degrees with lots of sun but breezy with a 21 mph west wind, with gusts up to 30 mph. The wind chill value is currently 9. With the bright sun, it doesn’t feel that cold though. Wear a sweater and keep most, you’ll be fine out there.
It was a pretty nice walk down to the Park and Ride, although I didn’t wake up quite as early as some mornings because I got watching a video on my laptop, and lost track of time. Those bushcraft videos you can find on the YouTube are pretty interesting. The blue skies are nice this morning, regardless if you don’t like the cold. Between PBS Newshour and other PBS programs, YouTube videos, and other content, there really is a lot of interesting things to watch.
Today will be sunny, with a high near 30. Blustery, with a northwest wind 17 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Typical late February weather. Tonight the sun will set at 5:40 pm with darkness around 6:09 pm, which is 1 minutes and 15 seconds later than yesterday. Today will have 11 hours and 6 minutes of daylight, an increase of 2 minutes and 50 seconds over yesterday. That’s nearly three more minutes!
Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low around 14. Northwest wind 5 to 14 mph. Cold night for late February on tap. The weekend will be a fair bit warmer, especially Sunday where they say it might reach 50 in the city.
Tomorrow is my sister’s baby shower then I’m heading up to the Adirondacks to camp. I will pack tonight and pick up any required supplies in Glens Falls after the shower. Sunday I’ll either hike Hadley or maybe that trail in Warrensburg or maybe somewhere else. We will see.
There are 1 month, 28 days until Arbor Day when the sun will be setting at 7:49 pm (Daylight Savings Time).
Today back in 1929, President Calvin Coolidge signs an executive order establishing the 96,000 acre Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, one of the great jewels of the national park system.
Also in 1972, the Buffalo Creek flood caused by a burst dam kills 125 in West Virginia. Dam safely is important.
Happy Birthday to the late Johnny Cash and the very much still alive but elderly Fats Domino. Both had some remarkably good songs back in their days. They have a nice sunny day, at least in Albany to celebrate their birthdays.
Good evening! Currently 38 degrees and heavy rain and a few thunderclaps with a 6 mph east-northeast wind. The wind chill value is currently 33. It pouring out but at least it’s not that cold.
Tonight look for rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 3am, then rain likely between 3am and 5am, then showers likely after 5am. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Temperature rising to around 54 by 1am. Unusually warm for February. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight will have 12 hours and 57 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 49 seconds over last night. Tomorrow the sun will rise at 6:36 am with the first light at 6:08 am, which is 1 minutes and 34 seconds earlier then today.
Tonight we have a Waining Gibbous Moon with 87% illuminated. The Last Quarter Moon is on Tuesday and the New Moon is on March 9th.
Thursday will have a chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 50. South wind 9 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Not a washout by any means.
Good morning! What day is it? Hump Day, of course. Currently 33 degrees with light rain and fog with a 3 mph north-northwest wind. The wind chill value is currently 30. Not a super nice day but it’s not impacting people’s commutes much in the Albany area. The weekend still looks quite nice.
Today there will be periods of light rain before 10am, then periods of rain after 10am. Patchy fog after 3pm. High near 41. Not bad for mid to late February. Northeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Tonight the sun will set at 5:38 pm with darkness around 6:07 pm, which is 1 minutes and 15 seconds later than yesterday. Today will have exactly 11 hours of daylight, an increase of 2 minutes and 48 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight look for rain and possibly a thunderstorm. Temperature rising to around 48 by 1am. South wind 6 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
There are 1 month, 6 days until April Fools Day when the sun will be setting at 7:22 pm (Daylight Savings Time). Less than three weeks until we set the clocks forward.
Busy day on tap for work today. I wanted to get an early start but with the weather and studying an email, that didn’t quite happen.
Looking at heading up to the Adirondacks this weekend for camping, hiking and maybe some shooting after my sister’s baby shower. I haven’t spent a weekend in the wilderness in over a month now. I don’t think there is much snow up north and it’s going to be a nice warm weekend for February to boot. Lots of sun expected too.
Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Currently 19 degrees and mostly cloudy with a 6 mph north-northeast wind. The wind chill value is currently 11. Kind of yet another depressing weather morning, but I got a good night’s sleep and was able to force myself to get going early and walk down to the Park and Ride.
Today will have a chance of rain and snow, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Southeast wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. Tonight the sun will set at 5:37 pm with darkness around 6:06 pm, which is 1 minutes and 16 seconds later than yesterday. Today will have 10 hours and 57 minutes of daylight, an increase of 2 minutes and 48 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight the weather gets interesting. Look for snow and sleet before 3am, then sleet between 3am and 5am, then freezing rain and sleet after 5am. Low around 30. Southeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming northeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New snow and sleet accumulation of around an inch possible.
There are 1 month, 7 days until April Fools Day when the sun will be setting at 7:22 pm (Daylight Savings Time).
Get your motors running and head out on the highway and make sure to wish Peter Fonda a Happy 76th Birthday. Kind of a gray day for riding your motorcycle and pretty cold too. Easy Rider is a movie that makes a lot of sense when you’re young and less as you get older.
Today in 1991, Ground Troops invaded Iraq starting off the fairly short Iraq 1 war. A time for peace, I swear it’s not too late.
On the environment front, today in 1983, the Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri. A disaster that makes all the stuff I’ve burnt over the years look like child play. I got to say anything with PVC plastic in it stinks to high heck.
Every day we get closer to the weekend. I definitely enjoy the walk down to the Park and Ride, and don’t really know why I haven’t been doing this all the time except maybe because I like to sleep in. But I enjoy getting a jump on the mornings.