by FLEK Admin | Jul 18, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:23 AM Sunset: 8:29 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 6 minutes On this date in 1953, people were beginning to look for ways to beat the heat. A brief but intense heat wave climaxed on the 18th and 19th. Both Cornwall and Wilder, VT topped out at 100...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 18, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The star Capella is right on the northern horizon, due north at 10:15 PM EDT. While it is essentially not viewable, it never sets at our latitude. By midnight, it will be rising in the north-northeast. In six months from now, it will be almost exactly overhead...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 17, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:22 AM Sunset: 8:30 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 8 minutes Very dry and very warm weather was testing many wells on this date, in 1966. Long-term drought is a rarity in New England, but from 1961 through 1966, precipitation was well below normal....
by FLEK Admin | Jul 17, 2025 | NightSky
Today: High in the east-northeast is the star Deneb, the tail of Cygnus, the Swan. Deneb is Arabic for “the tail”, though Arabs described this region as the “chicken”. While Deneb is less bright than the other members of the Summer Triangle – Vega overhead, and...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 16, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:21 AM Sunset: 8:31 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 10 minutes On this date in 1997 the sun came out to reveal a scene of terrible destruction. St. Swithin’s Day rains severely flooded portions of northwestern Vermont, particularly the community of...
