by FLEK Admin | Aug 13, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:51 AM Sunset: 7:58 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 7 minutes On this date in 1955 the rains kept coming and coming. It was the remnants of Hurricane Connie, whose dying center was tracking through Pennsylvania into western New York. As the rains finally...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 13, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Although now slightly past its peak, the Perseid Meteor Shower will continue tonight, as the Earth passes through the debris of Comet Swift-Tuttle, with thousands of tiny pieces of dust and rock that burn up in our atmosphere 40 to 70 miles above us....
by FLEK Admin | Aug 12, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:50 AM Sunset: 8:00 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 10 minutes The Dog Days are over! However, that is NOT a weather forecast. The Dog Days are so-named for the brightest star in our skies, prominent in our winter skies – the Dog Star, known as...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 12, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Tonight is the projected peak of the Perseid meteor shower, part of a “double-feature” celestial show. This year’s view of the Perseids won’t be helped by the moon, which was full just three nights ago, and is still 84 percent illuminated. Even so,...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 11, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:49 AM Sunset: 8:01 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 12 minutes On this date in 1949 the hottest summer in northern New England was experiencing the climax of a 5 day heat-wave. Temperatures were in the mid and upper 90s, the hottest being 99 degrees in...
