August 2, 2025

Sunrise: 5:39 AM Sunset: 8:13 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 34 minutes Scorching heat baked all of New England on this date in 1975. Coined “Hot Saturday” by weather historian David Ludlum, it reached 95 degrees or better at nearly all reporting stations,...

Saturday, August 02, 2025

Today: If you’re up and around during the predawn hours tomorrow, you’ll note Jupiter above the horizon in the east-northeast, seemingly joining the Gemini Twins at the hip. Above and to the right appears the brighter Venus. The two will draw closer in the...

August 1, 2025

Sunrise: 5:38 AM Sunset: 8:15 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 37 minutes If you think it is chilly some summer morning, consider the following. In Randolph, VT, William Nutting wrote in his weather diary, “kept a fire in the office all day”, and noting a maximum of...

Friday, August 01, 2025

Today: The month starts off with the Moon reaching its first quarter phase. This is a temporal marker, and is concurrent with the geometrical half moon. When the moon a quarter of the way through its 29.53-day cycle, it appears as half-illuminated. The second quarter...

July 31, 2025

Sunrise: 5:37 AM Sunset: 8:16 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 39 minutes Hot weather in July, of course that’s no surprise. July averages the greatest number of days with 90 or above – a total of five at most locations in the valleys – not exactly...