December 20, 2024

Sunrise: 7:22 AM Sunset: 4:14 PM Length of the day: 8 hours and 52 minutes A winter solstice deep freeze was underway on this date in 1955. Three consecutive mornings from the 21st to the 23rd brought record low temperatures state wide. Burlington and Montpelier both...

Thursday, December 19, 2024

Today: In the east-northeast at around 10 PM, the breast of Leo the Lion, marked by its brightest star Regulus, appears to push before it the rising Gibbous Moon. It’s interesting to note that the Sun passes Regulus in late August. Connecting that to this...

December 19, 2024

Sunrise: 7:22 AM Sunset: 4:13 PM Length of the day: 8 hours and 51 minutes 1998 featured the warmest December of record for most locations in northern New England, yet that year on this date, Burlington set a snowfall record! Low pressure tracking up the east coast...