November 27, 2025

Sunrise: 7:01 AM Sunset: 4:14 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 13 minutes Over a century ago, in 1899, a severe nor’easter wreaked havoc throughout New England. Heavy snow was blown into great drifts, and measured two feet on the level in southern New Hampshire, and...

Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Today: For tomorrow’s Thanksgiving holiday, we celebrate the harvest and the riches of the soil. A along the northern horizon a low and level view show will show the Big Dipper. In the British Isles, it is imagined as a plough, with the bowl of the Dipper...

November 26, 2025

Sunrise: 7:00 AM Sunset: 4:15 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 15 minutes A sharp change in the weather pattern struck on this date in 1938. The first week of the month had featured record warmth. Then, following a powerful snowstorm on the 24th that dropped 10 to 20...

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Today: Later this evening in the northwestern skies, the constellation Cygnus, the Swan is low in the northwest about 9:45 PM. It is also called the Northern Cross, in part a reference to the Southern Cross – a bright constellation seen only from the tropics...

November 25, 2025

Sunrise: 6:59 AM Sunset: 4:16 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 17 minutes The Great Appalachian Storm was raging on this date in 1950. Intense low pressure moved from central Pennsylvania into western New York, a position that historically favors strong southeast...