Sunrise: 7:14 AM
Sunset: 5:55 PM
Length of the day:
10 hours and 41 minutes
The last part of October is not a stranger to the first true snow storms of the year. They rarely stay just yet, but they make quite an impression. Over a half century ago on this date, in 1969, winter started early with a general snowfall from the valley floors to the mountain tops. An inch or two was noted in most valleys, except 5 inches in Burlington where a north wind kept the Champlain Valley cold. The mountains above 3000 feet were whitened with 10 to 20 inches, including 25 inches on Mt. Washington.