by FLEK Admin | Oct 5, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:53 AM Sunset: 6:24 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 31 minutes Going back 60 years ago, to 1965, following some unseasonably hot weather in late September, the weather turned shockingly winter-like. Temperatures remained in the 30s, while snow dusted the...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 5, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Nearly full, the Moon will rise due east at around 5:40 this evening, able to muscle its way through the sun’s glare. By 7 o’clock, the sun’s glare nearly gone, Saturn will emerge and become visible just below the Moon. This is the closest the...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 4, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:52 AM Sunset: 6:26 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 34 minutes The earliest heavy snowfall on modern record dumped up to 20 inches across the higher elevations of southwest Vermont, including 18 inches in Pownal on this date, in 1987. The snow was...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 4, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Autumn has not yet discouraged the Summer Triangle, just given us a different view. Seen crossing overhead near midnight in the summer, it now appears overhead in the evening. Look for the faintest of the three stars, Deneb, close to the zenith this evening,...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 3, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:50 AM Sunset: 6:27 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 37 minutes Early snowfalls are not always the signal of a tough winter on the way. Three inches of snow fell on this date in 1780 in Pomfret according to Jonathan Carpenter’s diary, and while the...
