Thursday, March 05, 2026

Today: You can watch the waning Gibbous Moon lift into the east this evening just before 9 o’clock, led by a fairly bright, bluish-white star called Spica, the only bright star in Virgo. Through the night they progress higher through the southeast, cresting due...

March 5, 2026

Sunrise: 6:20 AM Sunset: 5:44 PM Length of day: 11 hours and 24 minutes The first of two heavy snowfalls came 55 years ago on this date, in 1971, part of four very snowy winters in a row, and in many locations the snowiest winter on record. This included the capital...

March 4, 2026

Sunrise: 6:22 AM Sunset: 5:42 PM Length of day: 11 hours and 20 minutes The greatest amount of snow from a single storm in Vermont was recorded on this date in 1947. Its impacts were felt mainly at the higher elevations of the southern Green Mountains, where...