June 19, 2025

Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:37 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 31 minutes Some of the hottest weather of the 20th century was scorching our normally temperate region on this date thirty years ago, in 1995. The mercury soared to 100 degrees in Burlington, VT, as well...

Thursday, June 19, 2025

Today: This time around, night owls can catch the Moon rising in the east-southeast at around two o’clock tomorrow morning. On the Moon’s right flank will be Saturn. The two will remain in lockstep as they rise into southeast. The crescent moon will resist the...

June 18, 2025

Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:37 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 31 minutes Weather extremes on this date included a tornado tracking across portions of Franklin County in 1957. The track ran from just south of Franklin, just north of Lake Carmi and northeast toward...

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Today: With the Summer Solstice but two days hence, you might think that the Sun will come directly overhead. It’s true that the Sun reaches its highest point at our latitude on the Summer Solstice, when it will be just shy of 70 degrees above the southern horizon...

June 17, 2025

Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:37 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 31 minutes We were in the midst of a tremendous heatwave 31 years ago, in 1994. Temperatures reached the 90 degree mark or better in most communities on the 16th, and peaked on the 17th and 18th....