John Boyd Thacher State Park, is situated along the Helderberg Escarpment, one of the richest fossil-bearing formations in the world. Even as it safeguards six miles of limestone cliff-face, rock-strewn slopes, woodland and open fields, the park provides a marvelous panorama of the Hudson-Mohawk Valleys and the Adirondack and Green Mountains. The park has volleyball courts, playgrounds, ball fields and numerous picnic areas with nine reservable shelters. Interpretive programs are offered year-round, including guided tours of the famous Indian Ladder Trail. There are over 25 additional miles of trails for summer hiking and mountain biking, and winter cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, and snowmobiling.
Today’s sunrise was at 5:33 am. The next time the sun will rise earlier then today 🌄 is in 299 days on Sunday, May 14, 2023.
The average high for today is 84 degrees. 🌡 The next time it will be on average cooler then today is in 15 days on Wednesday, August 3 when the average temperature will be 83 degrees.
The highest point for the sun today will be 68.2° from the horizon at 1:02 pm. 🌞 The next time the sun will be higher in the sky mid-day is in 310 days on Thursday, May 25.
Today has 14 hours and 53 minutes of daylight. ⏳ The next time the day will be longer then today is in 309 days on Wednesday, May 24.
Today’s sunset will be at 8:30 pm. The next time the sun will set later then today 🌆 is in 322 days on Tuesday, June 6, 2023.
The average low for today is 63 degrees. 🌡 The next night it will be on average cooler then tonight is in 12 days on Sunday, July 31 when the average temperature will be 62 degrees.
I guess summer has finally arrived. Folks forget how hot and humid summers can be in the Albany area. I know with remote work the past few years I certainly have. I do miss working from the Spectulator Library. Maybe in the autumn.
Today. Muggy !
Sunny and hot.
West wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
and
90 degrees
,68 max dew point,
8:30
sunset.
Tonight. Muggy !
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Partly cloudy.
West wind 5 to 9 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
and
69 degrees
,68 max dew point,
5:34
sunrise.
Wednesday. Muggy !
Sunny and hot.
Heat index values as high as 97. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
and
94 degrees
,71 max dew point,
8:29
sunset.
Wednesday Night. Muggy !
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2am and 5am, then a slight chance of showers after 5am. Partly cloudy.
South wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
and
72 degrees
,69 max dew point,
5:35
sunrise.
Thursday. Muggy !
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 2pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Mostly sunny and hot.
South wind 7 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
and
90 degrees
,72 max dew point,
8:28
sunset.
Thursday Night. Muggy !
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm. Mostly clear.
Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
and
66 degrees
,69 max dew point,
5:36
sunrise.
Friday. Muggy !
Sunny and hot.
and
91 degrees
,65 max dew point,
8:27
sunset.
Friday Night. Hot !
Mostly clear.
and
66 degrees
,64 max dew point,
5:37
sunrise.
Saturday. Muggy !
Mostly sunny and hot.
and
90 degrees
,65 max dew point,
8:26
sunset.
Saturday Night. Hot !
Partly cloudy.
and
67 degrees
,64 max dew point,
5:38
sunrise.
Sunday. Muggy !
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny.
Chance of precipitation is 30%.
and
87 degrees
,66 max dew point,
8:25
sunset.
Sunday Night. Hot !
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy.
You know it’s going to be hot when they start the news cast talking about global warming and how hot it’s going to be.
Mostly cloudy and 70 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ There is a west-northwest breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 66 degrees. The muggy weather ends tomorrow around 7 pm. 😓
Right now while it’s a bit muggy 😰 it’s not bad for the morning walk 🚶 though I tried to get out walking as close to six o’clock this morning as possible before it warms up. That said, tomorrow is going to be truly hot day. 🌅
I went to the store yesterday 🛒 and stocked up on groceries and supplies as I was running very low and wanted to make sure I had plenty of cold things to eat and shorts for wearing. Not sure if I’ll have my truck this weekend back from the repair shop 🛠 so I wanted to be stocked up. Got everything but rubber cement to fix the leak in my swimming tube, but I can patch that next week before vacation. 🏖
Madea big pot of coffee ☕ before the morning walk so it can cool off by the time I get home and I can ice it down. I don’t like drinking coffee before my morning and walk for obvious reasons.
I want to clip my hair ✂ when I get home so it won’t be quite so hot. If it’s really hot 🔥 I might stay late at work to finish up some things and then take the local home to avoid the walk. Maybe bring my laptop and go down to the library 📚 after work.
Today’s sunrise was at 5:32 am. The next time the sun will rise earlier then today 🌄 is in 301 days on Monday, May 15, 2023.
The average high for today is 84 degrees. 🌡 The next time it will be on average cooler then today is in 16 days on Wednesday, August 3 when the average temperature will be 83 degrees.
The highest point for the sun today will be 68.4° from the horizon at 1:02 pm. 🌞 The next time the sun will be higher in the sky mid-day is in 312 days on Friday, May 26.
Today has 14 hours and 34 minutes of daylight. ⏳ The next time the day will be longer then today is in 311 days on Thursday, May 25.
Today’s sunset will be at 8:30 pm. The next time the sun will set later then today 🌆 is in 323 days on Tuesday, June 6, 2023.
The average low for today is 63 degrees. 🌡 The next night it will be on average cooler then tonight is in 13 days on Sunday, July 31 when the average temperature will be 62 degrees.
We definitely need the rain it’s been so dry most of the summer. On Bennett Hill a lot of the smaller bushes are dying off and dropping leaves. Grass is browning up, hay growing slowly.
After today, especially come Wednesday its going to be just plain hot.
Today. Feels like …
September 5th.
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. High near 78. Light south wind increasing to 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
and
78 degrees
,71 max dew point,
8:30
sunset.
Tonight. Muggy !
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 1am, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy.
South wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
and
67 degrees
,71 max dew point,
5:33
sunrise.
Tuesday. Muggy !
Sunny.
Northwest wind 7 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
and
89 degrees
,68 max dew point,
8:30
sunset.
Tuesday Night. Muggy !
Partly cloudy.
West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
and
68 degrees
,67 max dew point,
5:34
sunrise.
Wednesday. Muggy !
Sunny and hot.
Calm wind becoming southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.
and
93 degrees
,69 max dew point,
8:29
sunset.
Wednesday Night. Muggy !
A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Partly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
and
72 degrees
,68 max dew point,
5:35
sunrise.
Thursday. Muggy !
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Partly sunny and hot.
Are we going to see rain today? Seems likely from the radar – it’s been very dry lately but maybe today’s rain will prevent the area from slipping into a, drought. ☔
Cloudy and 70 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁️ Calm wind. The dew point is 67 degrees. Definitely muggy. The skies will clear tomorrow around 4 am. Then hot.
Back to work today. 🏢 Weekends always seem to come and go so quickly. 🚶 Figure get out early waking before the rain, especially as I expect it to be wet come the time I’m heading down to the express bus and will end up taking the local bus to work.
By yesterday evening it cooled down enough 😰 that I was able to hike up Bennett Hill after visiting my parents for Sunday dinner. 🌭 It was a nice hike, I went slowly up the hill not to get too hot and enjoyed cooling off at Bathtub Springs.
Got the new battery 🔋 in my laptop and it is working good. I should have replaced the bad one a few months ago, it was running dangerously hot at times and was all bulged out when I replaced it.
I am kind of a sucker when it comes to clicking on scammy internet businesses. I like reading up about them, taking a little of their ad dollars and educating myself on how they work. As a big consumer of the news and podcasts, I’m particularly interested in products and services marketed to the poor and how they compare to what is available to us in the Middle Class.
A few weeks ago I started seeing advertising for Easy Prison Transport, a local business that uses old city school buses to transport loved ones without cars to state prisons for visitation hours. For $100, you can buy a ticket for a Saturday day trip to Clinton Correctional in Dannemora, 15 miles west of Plattsburgh or Bare Hill Correctional outside of Malone, a few miles south of the Canadian border. On Sundays they offer $60 trips to Greene Correctional in Coxsackie and Hudson Correctional just outside Hudson.
I am sure these services are mostly used by wives and children of the colored and poor who want to visit their loved ones every once in a rare while. $100 bucks isn’t that much money these days, but if you’re poor and making minimum wage it might be a whole day’s labor. You have to figure only the poorest of poor people use these services – most other people would probably just drive their cars to visit the prison.
It has to be quite a trip. The buses leave at 4:30 am and are old school buses that rumble through the Adirondacks to their destination, on buses packed with people of common cause. Must be some very somber discussion.
It’s a very scenic trip, the mountains scenery of the Adirondack Northway and the somewhat pungent farm country of the Lake Champlain flatlands of Plattsburgh and the vast timberlands and less rich farm and grazing country up around Dannemora and Massena. The rundown trailers and mobile homes, the junk cars and broke down tractors and goats and cows in rocky pastures.
To be sure, many of the people behind bars are there for serious reasons. Most of these prisons are maximum or at least medium security. The people behind bars are often convicted of very serious crimes that have others seriously injured and disfigured, often for life, or dead. Other people are behind bars long periods of time for much more dubious reasons – things totally legal in one state but banned in another – often for purposes of stroking a political ego. Laws on the possession of firearms and so called illicit drugs often fall into that category.
Why do people make this costly trip to prisons for visitation purposes? For a few hours sitting across plexiglass to talk into a phone but see the face of loved ones behind bars? Love. It has to be quite the trip.
