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.
Today’s sunrise was at 6:19 am. The next time the sun will rise earlier then today 🌄 is in 226 days on Sunday, April 12, 2020.
The average high for today is 78 degrees. 🌡 The next time it will be on average warmer then today is in 292 days on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 when the average temperature will be 79 degrees.
Today’s sunset will be at 7:36 pm. The next time the sun will set later then today 🌆 is in 225 days on Saturday, April 11, 2020.
The average low for today is 58 degrees. 🌡 The next night it will be on average warmer then tonight is in 297 days on Monday, June 22, 2020 when the average temperature will be 59 degrees.
Good morning! Happy Sunday. Next Sunday is the Last Sunset Before 7:30 PM 🌆. Overcast and 55 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ Calm wind. The dew point is 55 degrees. The skies will clear around 9 am. 🕗
Five Rivers was nice yesterday 🐸 although with less wildlife out and about compared to the spring. There was a lot of people out there too although not so much where I was hiking.
Today will have patchy fog 🌁 and clouds before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 75 degrees at 3pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 8th. Maximum dew point of 56 at 8am. Light and variable wind becoming northeast 5 to 7 mph in the morning. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 81 degrees. The record high of 99 was set in 1947.
This morning I’m working on various small improvements to the blog 💻 and then I’ll probably go out hiking before heading out to the folks for the night. 🌃 I’m dog sitting 🐶 while they’re on vacation. Definitely a nice day.
The sun will set at 7:41 pm with dusk around 8:10 pm, which is one minute and 37 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 Those days of the 8:37 pm sunset are long gone. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 69 degrees. The dew point will be 52 degrees. There will be a east breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 24 minutes of day, an decrease of 2 minutes and 43 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 50 degrees at 5am. Nine degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 19th. East wind 3 to 5 mph. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It became humid as the night progressed. It got down to 63 degrees. The record low of 40 occurred back in 1942.
On this day in 1950, President Harry Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation’s railroads to avert a strike. 💂👎So much for the boy from Missouri being a socialist, even if he was a really bad driver. 🚙
As previously noted, next Sunday is Sunset Before 7:30 PM 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 7:29 pm with dusk at 7:58 pm. On that day in 2018, we had mostly cloudy and temperatures between 79 and 66 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 77 degrees. We hit a record high of 96 back in 1953.
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