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20 Wettest December Days

The wettest day ever recorded in December in Albany was December 11, 1952 when we got 3.2 inches of rain and it was 61 degrees.

20 Wettest December Days
A mixature of snow and rainy days make up the precipation records for December.
Date Year Precipitation (in) High Low
Thu, Dec 11 1952 3.2 61 38
Fri, Dec 31 1948 2.9 34 25
Sun, Dec 17 2000 2.8 56 34
Thu, Dec 30 1948 2.5 50 33
Mon, Dec 18 2023 2.1 56 39
Tue, Dec 13 1983 1.9 41 35
Mon, Dec 4 1950 1.8 59 33
Wed, Dec 25 2002 1.8 29 25
Fri, Dec 21 1973 1.7 48 16
Thu, Dec 17 2020 1.7 20 13
Wed, Dec 30 1942 1.6 39 31
Tue, Dec 9 2014 1.6 36 26
Fri, Dec 23 2022 1.6 53 9
Fri, Dec 20 1957 1.5 61 53
Tue, Dec 12 1967 1.5 50 31
Fri, Dec 26 1969 1.4 27 5
Tue, Dec 21 1993 1.4 39 34
Wed, Dec 1 2010 1.4 60 37
Wed, Dec 7 2011 1.4 39 32
Sun, Dec 6 1953 1.3 48 27
Tue, Dec 14 1954 1.3 37 16
Sat, Dec 27 1969 1.3 25 16
Thu, Dec 17 1970 1.3 31 21
Mon, Dec 2 1996 1.3 57 32
Sun, Dec 16 2007 1.3 28 11
Sun, Dec 1 2019 1.3 28 17
Andy Arthur, 12/11/24 Data Source: National Weather Service, Albany

NYS Population in Each Plant Hardiness Zone

Nearly 2 / 3rds of New York lives in Zone 7, with only 7% living in Zone 5a or colder.

Zone Min Population Percent of State
3b βˆ’35 2,211 0.01%
4a βˆ’30 110,324 0.55%
4b βˆ’25 302,565 1.50%
5a βˆ’20 989,435 4.90%
5b βˆ’15 2,455,523 12.16%
6a βˆ’10 2,675,357 13.25%
6b βˆ’5 1,015,609 5.03%
7a 0 3,940,523 19.51%
7b 5 8,704,603 43.10%
Andy Arthur, 8/11/23.

Zone data derived from the PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University and USDA, with the state’s population from 2020 US Census.

This actually makes a lot of sense because most of New York’s population is in New York City or Long Island, and much of rest is Westchester, Rockland, Buffalo and Syracuse.

Democrats Voting for HR 461

Democrats Voting for HR 461
Condemning Sheltering Aliens in Schools
State District Name Party
AK AK Mary Sattler Peltola D
ME 2 Jared F. Golden D
NC 1 Donald G. Davis D
NC 13 Wiley Nickel D
NV 3 Susie Lee D
NY 18 Patrick Ryan D
WA 3 Marie Gluesenkamp Perez D
Andy Arthur, 6/14/23

Latest Sunsets in America on June 21st

Latest Sunsets in America (CONUS)
The places you want to be tonight if you want to be out and enjoying life.
County Sunset Dusk
Divide County, ND 10:06 PM 10:48 PM
Williams County, ND 10:03 PM 10:45 PM
Burke County, ND 10:02 PM 10:44 PM
McKenzie County, ND 10:00 PM 10:41 PM
Ontonagon County, MI 9:59 PM 10:39 PM
Mountrail County, ND 9:58 PM 10:40 PM
Renville County, ND 9:58 PM 10:40 PM
Houghton County, MI 9:58 PM 10:37 PM
Baraga County, MI 9:55 PM 10:35 PM
Bottineau County, ND 9:55 PM 10:37 PM
Ward County, ND 9:55 PM 10:36 PM
Mercer County, ND 9:52 PM 10:32 PM
Lincoln County, MT 9:52 PM 10:34 PM
Marquette County, MI 9:51 PM 10:31 PM
McHenry County, ND 9:51 PM 10:33 PM
McLean County, ND 9:51 PM 10:32 PM
Rolette County, ND 9:51 PM 10:33 PM
Oliver County, ND 9:49 PM 10:29 PM
Pierce County, ND 9:49 PM 10:31 PM
Towner County, ND 9:48 PM 10:31 PM
Andy Arthur, 6/21/23.
Data Source: rSuncalc

The Latest Sunset in Albany is on June 27th

Sunset Times in Albany
The latest sunset is a six days after the first day of summer on June 27th.
Date Sunset Dusk
Wed, 6/21 8:37:50 PM 9:12:52 PM
Thu, 6/22 8:38:02 PM 9:13:04 PM
Fri, 6/23 8:38:11 PM 9:13:13 PM
Sat, 6/24 8:38:19 PM 9:13:21 PM
Sun, 6/25 8:38:25 PM 9:13:25 PM
Mon, 6/26 8:38:28 PM 9:13:28 PM
Tue, 6/27 8:38:30 PM 9:13:27 PM
Wed, 6/28 8:38:29 PM 9:13:25 PM
Thu, 6/29 8:38:26 PM 9:13:20 PM
Fri, 6/30 8:38:21 PM 9:13:13 PM
Andy Arthur, 6/21/23.

Data Source: rSuncalc

Hammock view

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Relaxing last Friday, with my laptop in my lap, remote working in the Green Mountains.

Taken on Tuesday July 14, 2020 at Uncategorized.