Thursday, September 18, 2025

Today: Tomorrow morning, starting near 4:45, but best viewed from 5:15 to 5:45 AM, Leo the Lion will be rising in the east-northeast. Venus and the Crescent Moon will be closely clustered around the lion’s breastbone and brightest star, Regulus. The Moon will only...

September 18, 2025

Sunrise: 6:33 AM Sunset: 6:55 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 22 minutes There are many notes of very smokey air throughout New England from the 10th to the 18th of September in 1908. Forest fires in Canada sent a great deal of smoke south on prevailing northwest...

September 17, 2025

Sunrise: 6:32 AM Sunset: 6:57 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 25 minutes After near record cold on September 13th, 1946, Burlington was starting a string of record highs on this date in 1946. Over the next four days, thermometers would reach 84, 87, 85, and 89...

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Today: At around 8:00 PM, the evening twilight will fade, showing Saturn to have risen in the east-southeast. Saturn will ride across the southern sky throughout the night, among the faint stars of Pisces and Aquarius, but a little closer to Pisces. Saturn’s...

September 16, 2025

Sunrise: 6:30 AM Sunset: 6:59 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 29 minutes A late-season heat-wave from the 15th to the 17th produced mid-summer heat across New England on this date in 1939. East Barnet, VT was baked by afternoon temperatures of 96, St. Johnsbury...