by FLEK Admin | Jul 23, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:28 AM Sunset: 8:25 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 57 minutes Today is the peak of summer, at least judging by the crest of the warmest average temperatures of the year. This is just over 4 weeks after the longest day of the year, during which the...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 23, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Look high in the northwest, as the sun sets. Again as if hanging by its handle, the Big Dipper hangs in the sky. Focus on the arcing shape of the Big Dipper’s handle. Now imagine a continuation of it, and that longer arc will lead you to the star...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 22, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:27 AM Sunset: 8:26 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 59 minutes On this date in 1811, a phenomenal amount of rain from thunderstorms doused portions of Rutland and Windsor counties. Rain gauges were rare, and reports even more so; however estimates of rain...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 22, 2025 | NightSky
Today: At 10:15 this evening, the Scorpion’s tail is due south, extremely low above the horizon, yet even so, at its best viewing of the year. As the tail curls up to the left, the star on the end is called Shaula, from the Arabic meaning either “stinger” or...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 21, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:26 AM Sunset: 8:27 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 1 minutes The first of two tornadoes or severe storms let loose on the town of Enosburg Falls, Vermont on this date in 1907. Although information learned about tornadoes in the past few decades could...
