August 19, 2025

Sunrise: 5:58 AM Sunset: 7:49 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 51 minutes Vermont experienced its first hurricane on historical records on this date in 1788. Tracking from New Jersey into Maine, its track across Vermont sent it from north of Bennington east...

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Today: Early risers tomorrow morning are treated to a thinning Crecent Moon surrounded by celestial treasures. Immediately left of the Moon is Pollux, the lower of the twin stars of Gemini, with the other, Castor, above. Venus glows brightly to the Moon’s lower...

August 18, 2025

Sunrise: 5:57 AM Sunset: 7:50 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 53 minutes The days are getting shorter and the nights are longer, which means nights begin to cool. However, on this date in 1918, the cooling was a bit extreme as some of the coldest weather so early...

Monday, August 18, 2025

Today: The early morning skies are getting crowded! From 4 to 5 o’clock, the waning Crescent Moon presides one quarter of the way up in the east, above Jupiter to its lower left, and the even brighter Venus, farther to the lower left. To the left of the planets,...

August 17, 2025

Sunrise: 5:56 AM Sunset: 7:52 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 56 minutes On this date in 1955, Burlington experienced its heaviest 24 hour rainfall up to that time, of 3.59 inches, part of its wettest August. However, this record was broken in 1998, when 3.62...