Good morning! Happy Sunday.
I am surprised at what a cloudy start there is for this Sunday. Might be nicer out later though.
Mostly cloudy and 72 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ Calm wind. The dew point is 64 degrees. The skies will clear around 4 pm.
Fun with weather stats
Since 1938 at the Albany Airport
4% of days are above 88
3% of days are above 90
2% of days are above 91
1% of days are above 93
0.1% of days are above 97
0% of days are above 100
The median last 90 degree day of the year in Albany is August 18. On October 5, 1941 it was 91 degrees.
The median last 80 degree day of the year in Albany is September 26. However both November 2nd in 1950 and 1982 were 82 and 81 respectively.
The median last 70 degree day of the year in Albany is October 24. On December 29 1984 it was 71.
The median last 60 degree day of the year in Albany is November 20. The latest 60 degrees day was New Years Eve 1965.
Albany first frost:
Earliest – September 14, 1963
Latest – November 3, 2019
Median – October 5
Median 1991-2020 – October 12
Median 1981-2010 – October 7
Working with Census microdata • tidycensus
Microdata is the individual-level responses to the ACS that is used to create the summary and detail tables the Census publishes. Instead of a getting one row per state from a table, we can get one row per respondent. For the American Community Survey, this data is called the Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS).
Using PUMS data instead of the published tables can be a very powerful tool. It can, for instance, allow you to create custom estimates that aren’t available in pre-aggregated tables. You can also use microdata to fit models on individual-level data instead of modeling block groups or census tracts.