Sunrise: 6:26 AM
Sunset: 7:21 PM
Length of the day:
12 hours and 55 minutes
This date in 1987 marked the start of a four day rain storm in southern Vermont and New Hampshire, the second in a week. Rainfall totals from the 4 through the 7th included 5.08 inches in Whitingham, 5.93 inches in Readsboro, 5.96 inches at Ball Mountain Lake, and 6.96 inches in West Wardsboro. Amounts in New Hampshire included 6.14 inches in Bradford, and 6.44 in Peterboro, part of the wettest April on record there. Flooding was substantial but not severe.