| 25 Largest School Districts (Area) | ||
| Largest | District | Square Miles |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saranac Lake CSD | 684 |
| 2 | Town Of Webb UFSD | 494 |
| 3 | Poland CSD | 478 |
| 4 | Long Lake CSD | 387 |
| 5 | Northern Adirondack CSD | 373 |
| 6 | Adirondack CSD | 369 |
| 7 | South Lewis CSD | 369 |
| 8 | Malone CSD | 364 |
| 9 | Camden CSD | 331 |
| 10 | Schroon Lake CSD | 330 |
| 11 | Clifton-Fine CSD | 320 |
| 12 | Ausable Valley CSD | 309 |
| 13 | Tupper Lake CSD | 294 |
| 14 | Onteora CSD | 287 |
| 15 | Indian River CSD | 283 |
| 16 | St Regis Falls CSD | 277 |
| 17 | Wells CSD | 272 |
| 18 | Piseco Comn SD | 268 |
| 19 | Indian Lake CSD | 265 |
| 20 | Randolph CSD | 262 |
| 21 | Lowville Academy & CSD | 258 |
| 22 | Sullivan West CSD | 256 |
| 23 | Edwards-Knox CSD | 254 |
| 24 | Colton-Pierrepont CSD | 251 |
| 25 | Boquet Valley CSD | 244 |
| Andy Arthur, 3/30/23 Data Source: NYS Education Department. |
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March 30, 2023 Morning
Good morning! Happy Thursday. ☺
We are grooving our ways through the March, with April scheduled to start on Saturday but I’ll believe it when I see it. But I like getting out at five and taking the express home.
Partly sunny and 25 degrees for the morning walk on this Thursday in Delmar. 🌄Breezy, ️16 mph breeze from the northwest 🌬 . The current wind chill is 12. Honestly I don’t think it’s that cold out but maybe in the city with all those big buildings the wind is whipping around. Things will start to thaw out at around 11 am. 🌡️
Cold day ahead but warm enough to not need the heat, ♨️ as it will be above freezing and I’ll be at work all day.
Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 41 degrees at 5pm. 10 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 5th. Northwest wind around 16 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 44 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 1986. 4 inches of snow fell back in 1911.❄
Doesn’t seem like it’s going to be a particularly warm day today 🌬️ but I figure I’ll be in the office 🏢 most of the day and the sun shining on my desk is always nice. Been a relatively quiet week but know one of these days I’ll have a bunch of projects hitting my desk.
Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:01 pm with sun having an altitude of 51.1° from the due south horizon (-19.7° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 4.8 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:42 pm with the sun in the west (270°). 📸
The sunset is in the west (276°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:19 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 55 seconds with dusk around 7:47 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon in the southeast (144°) at an altitude of 69° from the horizon, 252,079 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:21 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 35 degrees. There will be a northwest breeze at 10 mph. Tomorrow will have 12 hours and 43 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over today.
Yesterday like usual I walked down to the park 🚶 and got my 7.5 miles in for the day. Cooked up a big pan of rice, beans and lentils in the morning which I had with broiled salmon 🐠 and veggies which was pretty good. Got home, had some cherries 🍒 and went to bed 🛏. Woke up during the night and listened to a while to a podcast on the Central Limits Therom.
Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 23 degrees at 2am. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 7th. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2022, we had cloudy skies. It got down to 39 degrees. The record low of 12 occurred back in 1923.
Still wet for April Fools Day. 😕 Saturday, rain before 2pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. High near 68. Breezy, with a south wind 16 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Maximum dew point of 53 at 11am. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 44. Breezy. Typical average high for the weekend is 52 degrees.
After calling around I found a doctor 🧑⚕️ that was taking new patients for my physical but not until the end of May. But I didn’t want to have to go into the city and this place is within walking distance from home which is good. It just seems wrong to drive to a doctor’s visit, kind of like smoking a cigarette the doctor gave you. 🚬 Gives me more time to get in shape and improve my health 🩺 and I’m not in that much of a rush.
Also made the appointment for my truck to be serviced on April 10th. 🔧 I wanted to have that done before I’m doing a lot more driving as I’m overdue for some fluid changes and with inflation trying to maximize use of my truck. 🛻
Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until Arbor Day 🌳 when the sun will be setting at 7:52 pm with dusk at 8:20 pm. On that day in 2022, we had mostly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 51 and 39 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 65 degrees. We hit a record high of 91 back in 1962.
Population Change, July 2020-2022
| US Population, July 2020 – 2022 | ||||||
| New York State once again leads the nation in population loss with Idaho leading the nation in population gain. | ||||||
| State | April 2020 | July 2020 | July 2021 | July 2022 | Change | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 20,201,230 | 20,108,296 | 19,857,492 | 19,677,151 | −431,145 | −2.14% |
| Puerto Rico | 3,285,874 | 3,281,557 | 3,262,693 | 3,221,789 | −59,768 | −1.82% |
| Illinois | 12,812,545 | 12,786,580 | 12,686,469 | 12,582,032 | −204,548 | −1.60% |
| Louisiana | 4,657,749 | 4,651,664 | 4,627,098 | 4,590,241 | −61,423 | −1.32% |
| California | 39,538,245 | 39,501,653 | 39,142,991 | 39,029,342 | −472,311 | −1.20% |
| West Virginia | 1,793,755 | 1,791,420 | 1,785,526 | 1,775,156 | −16,264 | −0.91% |
| Hawaii | 1,455,273 | 1,451,043 | 1,447,154 | 1,440,196 | −10,847 | −0.75% |
| Mississippi | 2,961,288 | 2,958,141 | 2,949,586 | 2,940,057 | −18,084 | −0.61% |
| Michigan | 10,077,325 | 10,069,577 | 10,037,504 | 10,034,113 | −35,464 | −0.35% |
| Ohio | 11,799,374 | 11,797,517 | 11,764,342 | 11,756,058 | −41,459 | −0.35% |
| New Mexico | 2,117,527 | 2,118,390 | 2,116,677 | 2,113,344 | −5,046 | −0.24% |
| Rhode Island | 1,097,371 | 1,096,345 | 1,096,985 | 1,093,734 | −2,611 | −0.24% |
| Massachusetts | 7,029,949 | 6,995,729 | 6,989,690 | 6,981,974 | −13,755 | −0.20% |
| Pennsylvania | 13,002,689 | 12,994,440 | 13,012,059 | 12,972,008 | −22,432 | −0.17% |
| Maryland | 6,177,213 | 6,173,205 | 6,174,610 | 6,164,660 | −8,545 | −0.14% |
| Oregon | 4,237,291 | 4,244,795 | 4,256,301 | 4,240,137 | −4,658 | −0.11% |
| New Jersey | 9,289,031 | 9,271,689 | 9,267,961 | 9,261,699 | −9,990 | −0.11% |
| Wisconsin | 5,893,725 | 5,896,271 | 5,880,101 | 5,892,539 | −3,732 | −0.06% |
| North Dakota | 779,091 | 779,518 | 777,934 | 779,261 | −257 | −0.03% |
| Kansas | 2,937,847 | 2,937,919 | 2,937,922 | 2,937,150 | −769 | −0.03% |
| Alaska | 733,378 | 732,923 | 734,182 | 733,583 | 660 | 0.09% |
| Kentucky | 4,505,893 | 4,507,445 | 4,506,589 | 4,512,310 | 4,865 | 0.11% |
| Minnesota | 5,706,504 | 5,709,852 | 5,711,471 | 5,717,184 | 7,332 | 0.13% |
| District of Columbia | 689,546 | 670,868 | 668,791 | 671,803 | 935 | 0.14% |
| Nebraska | 1,961,489 | 1,962,642 | 1,963,554 | 1,967,923 | 5,281 | 0.27% |
| Iowa | 3,190,372 | 3,190,571 | 3,197,689 | 3,200,517 | 9,946 | 0.31% |
| Missouri | 6,154,920 | 6,153,998 | 6,169,823 | 6,177,957 | 23,959 | 0.39% |
| United States | 331,449,520 | 331,511,512 | 332,031,554 | 333,287,557 | 1,776,045 | 0.54% |
| Virginia | 8,631,384 | 8,636,471 | 8,657,365 | 8,683,619 | 47,148 | 0.55% |
| Vermont | 643,085 | 642,893 | 646,972 | 647,064 | 4,171 | 0.65% |
| Indiana | 6,785,668 | 6,788,799 | 6,813,532 | 6,833,037 | 44,238 | 0.65% |
| Wyoming | 576,837 | 577,605 | 579,483 | 581,381 | 3,776 | 0.65% |
| Washington | 7,705,247 | 7,724,031 | 7,740,745 | 7,785,786 | 61,755 | 0.80% |
| Connecticut | 3,605,942 | 3,597,362 | 3,623,355 | 3,626,205 | 28,843 | 0.80% |
| Alabama | 5,024,356 | 5,031,362 | 5,049,846 | 5,074,296 | 42,934 | 0.85% |
| Colorado | 5,773,733 | 5,784,865 | 5,811,297 | 5,839,926 | 55,061 | 0.95% |
| Arkansas | 3,011,555 | 3,014,195 | 3,028,122 | 3,045,637 | 31,442 | 1.04% |
| New Hampshire | 1,377,518 | 1,378,587 | 1,387,505 | 1,395,231 | 16,644 | 1.21% |
| Oklahoma | 3,959,346 | 3,964,912 | 3,991,225 | 4,019,800 | 54,888 | 1.38% |
| Maine | 1,362,341 | 1,363,557 | 1,377,238 | 1,385,340 | 21,783 | 1.60% |
| Georgia | 10,711,937 | 10,729,828 | 10,788,029 | 10,912,876 | 183,048 | 1.71% |
| Tennessee | 6,910,786 | 6,925,619 | 6,968,351 | 7,051,339 | 125,720 | 1.82% |
| Nevada | 3,104,624 | 3,115,648 | 3,146,402 | 3,177,772 | 62,124 | 1.99% |
| North Carolina | 10,439,414 | 10,449,445 | 10,565,885 | 10,698,973 | 249,528 | 2.39% |
| South Dakota | 886,677 | 887,799 | 896,164 | 909,824 | 22,025 | 2.48% |
| Arizona | 7,151,507 | 7,179,943 | 7,264,877 | 7,359,197 | 179,254 | 2.50% |
| Delaware | 989,957 | 992,114 | 1,004,807 | 1,018,396 | 26,282 | 2.65% |
| Texas | 29,145,428 | 29,232,474 | 29,558,864 | 30,029,572 | 797,098 | 2.73% |
| South Carolina | 5,118,429 | 5,131,848 | 5,193,266 | 5,282,634 | 150,786 | 2.94% |
| Utah | 3,271,614 | 3,283,785 | 3,339,113 | 3,380,800 | 97,015 | 2.95% |
| Florida | 21,538,226 | 21,589,602 | 21,828,069 | 22,244,823 | 655,221 | 3.03% |
| Montana | 1,084,197 | 1,087,075 | 1,106,227 | 1,122,867 | 35,792 | 3.29% |
| Idaho | 1,839,092 | 1,849,202 | 1,904,314 | 1,939,033 | 89,831 | 4.86% |
| Andy Arthur, 3/29/23 Source: census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2022/national/totals/NA-EST2022-POP.xlsx |
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March 29, 2023 Morning
Made it to the middle of the week. 🐫
Day by day we are very to the weekend and April 1st. It’s going to be warmer out soon, including today and the mornings are getting brighter.
Good morning on this the final Hump Day of March. Partly clear and 26 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌅 Calm wind. Things will start to thaw out at around 8 am. 🌡️
Started out cold but expected to warm quickly today. 🐸 I heard the spring peepers for the first time locally last night. Others said they’ve been out for a few days. Not really loud yet, it’s early in the season. Out for the morning walk 🚶 not as dark as recent days with clear conditions this morning.
Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 55 degrees at 4pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 6th. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 37 degrees. The record high of 85 was set in 1946. 5.6 inches of snow fell back in 1984.❄
Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:01 pm with sun having an altitude of 50.7° from the due south horizon (-20.1° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 4.9 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:41 pm with the sun in the west (269°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (275°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:18 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 7:45 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon in the south (176°) at an altitude of 74° from the horizon, 251,242 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:20 pm. At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 49 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 11 mph. Tomorrow will have 12 hours and 40 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over today.
Got out of work at five 5⃣ and caught the express bus 🚍 home which actually had the in service sign on. Same bad driver, I swear he was chatting with passengers 👥 more than driving, swerving through traffic on 32. I guess it’s the end of his shift, he was tired. Walked 7 1/2 miles which these days is my effective weekday goal. 🥅 Kind of a chilly evening 🌃 though I sat out back for a while before retiring to bed 🛏 a little before nine.
Tonight will rain and have some snow showers, becoming all snow after midnight. Some thunder is also possible. 🌧 Low of 24 degrees at 6am. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 10th. Breezy, with a south wind 11 to 16 mph becoming west 19 to 24 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 20 degrees. The record low of 7 occurred back in 1970.
Been researching doctors 🧑⚕️ to get my yearly physical now that I’m forty and undertaking my walk program. I am going to call today and see if I can make an appointment for after Easter to mid April. It’s not a rush but I want to get checked out before I do my thirty mile walk 👣 this spring.
Trout opener still looks mild but wet. 🎣 Saturday, rain before 2pm, then showers likely after 2pm. High near 67. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Maximum dew point of 53 at 11am. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 46. Breezy. Typical average high for the weekend is 52 degrees.
I’ve been thinking where to hike on Saturday if I want to do twenty miles. 🚶 I thought about Thacher Park but I don’t relish climbing the New Salem Hill or all those miles on busy highways hiking. I’m thinking instead to hike to Hollyhock Sanctuary in South Bethlehem and if I’m up to it then Blodgett Hill.
Looking ahead, there are 6 weeks until Average High is 70 🐮 when the sun will be setting at 8:06 pm with dusk at 8:36 pm. On that day in 2022, we had sunny and temperatures between 77 and 39 degrees. We hit a record high of 92 back in 1970.
20 Wettest April Days in Albany
| 20 Wettest April Days | ||
| April rarely has extremely wet days in Albany, unlike late summer into autumn when there can be hurricanes and thunderstorms. | ||
| Date | Year | Precipitation (in) |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, Apr 15 | 2007 | 2.3 |
| Wed, Apr 24 | 1968 | 2.0 |
| Thu, Apr 7 | 2022 | 2.0 |
| Thu, Apr 3 | 1975 | 1.9 |
| Wed, Apr 25 | 1945 | 1.8 |
| Sat, Apr 16 | 1983 | 1.8 |
| Thu, Apr 22 | 1993 | 1.7 |
| Tue, Apr 19 | 1983 | 1.6 |
| Tue, Apr 3 | 1990 | 1.6 |
| Sun, Apr 21 | 1991 | 1.6 |
| Sun, Apr 9 | 2000 | 1.6 |
| Sun, Apr 23 | 2006 | 1.6 |
| Thu, Apr 29 | 2021 | 1.6 |
| Thu, Apr 2 | 1970 | 1.5 |
| Tue, Apr 22 | 1969 | 1.4 |
| Sun, Apr 25 | 1976 | 1.4 |
| Sun, Apr 1 | 1973 | 1.3 |
| Thu, Apr 1 | 1976 | 1.3 |
| Sun, Apr 19 | 1998 | 1.3 |
| Mon, Apr 15 | 2019 | 1.3 |
| Andy Arthur, 3/28/23 Data Source: National Weather Service, Albany | ||
| 20 Wettest Days in Albany | ||
| All-time preciptation records for the Albany Airport. | ||
| Date | Year | Precipitation (in) |
|---|---|---|
| Thu, Sep 16 | 1999 | 5.6 |
| Sun, Aug 28 | 2011 | 4.7 |
| Thu, Aug 31 | 1950 | 4.1 |
| Tue, Aug 4 | 2020 | 3.9 |
| Sun, Jun 1 | 1952 | 3.5 |
| Mon, Sep 12 | 1960 | 3.5 |
| Sat, Aug 28 | 1971 | 3.5 |
| Sat, Jul 13 | 1996 | 3.5 |
| Wed, Sep 21 | 1938 | 3.3 |
| Tue, Jun 6 | 2000 | 3.3 |
| Thu, Dec 11 | 1952 | 3.2 |
| Sat, Jul 15 | 2000 | 3.2 |
| Tue, Sep 18 | 2012 | 3.2 |
| Fri, Oct 1 | 2010 | 3.0 |
| Fri, Dec 31 | 1948 | 2.9 |
| Tue, Aug 31 | 1954 | 2.9 |
| Tue, Aug 5 | 1980 | 2.8 |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 1987 | 2.8 |
| Sun, Dec 17 | 2000 | 2.8 |
| Wed, Jul 1 | 2009 | 2.8 |
| Andy Arthur, 3/28/23 Data Source: National Weather Service, Albany | ||
First Day Above 80
| First Day Above 80 | ||
| The first 80 degree day has historically fallen between March 9 (2016) and June 9 (1997). | ||
| Year | Date | High Temperature |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Sat, May 6 | 86 |
| 2001 | Sun, Apr 22 | 82 |
| 2002 | Tue, Apr 16 | 89 |
| 2003 | Tue, Apr 15 | 86 |
| 2004 | Mon, Apr 19 | 91 |
| 2005 | Wed, Apr 20 | 83 |
| 2006 | Thu, May 4 | 80 |
| 2007 | Mon, Apr 23 | 87 |
| 2008 | Fri, Apr 18 | 80 |
| 2009 | Sat, Apr 25 | 89 |
| 2010 | Wed, Apr 7 | 87 |
| 2011 | Mon, Apr 11 | 82 |
| 2012 | Thu, Mar 22 | 81 |
| 2013 | Thu, May 2 | 81 |
| 2014 | Sat, May 10 | 81 |
| 2015 | Sun, May 3 | 80 |
| 2016 | Wed, Mar 9 | 81 |
| 2017 | Mon, Apr 10 | 81 |
| 2018 | Wed, May 2 | 90 |
| 2019 | Sun, May 19 | 86 |
| 2020 | Fri, May 15 | 84 |
| 2021 | Wed, May 19 | 82 |
| 2022 | Thu, Apr 14 | 82 |
| Andy Arthur, 3/28/23 Data Source: National Weather Service, Albany | ||
Thinking about this summer camping in Western Adirondacks / Black River Valley 🏕
Thinking about this summer camping in Western Adirondacks / Black River Valley 🏕
It’s been about ten years since I’ve been up that way for a week in summer, and I’m tired of the Finger Lakes. I’ve done them for over a decade, and while it’s nice that you can set up camp for a full week on the National Forest, it has gotten tiresome doing it every year.
Some things I would like to do this year:
- Explore more of Confusion Flats-area, especially hike the flats and the many horse trails
- Hike to the Woodhull Fire Tower
- Hike to Stillwater Fire Tower
- Visit the Frank Jadwin State Forest and Greenwood Creek Forest north of Lowville
- Paddle parts of the Beaver River
- Visit Lake Bonaparte
Exploring Francis Lake in 2011 up in Number 4 near …
Spend more time poking around Whetstone State Park and paddling the reservoir …
Camping on Smith Road in 2011 …
Exploring Confusion Flats in 2015 …
Eatonville Bridge in 2011 …
Swimming hole at Otter Creek in 2011 …
