by FLEK Admin | Jun 27, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:08 AM Sunset: 8:38 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 30 minutes According to David Ludlum’s “Vermont Weather Book”, 75 years ago, Bennington was struck by hail on this date in 1950, with diameters of 1 to 2 inches. That in itself is noteworthy, but what...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 27, 2025 | NightSky
Today: While last night’s Crescent Moon appears well to the upper right of Mercury, during that same viewing window near 9:30, look to the left of Mercury for a pair of stars, the “twin stars” of Gemini, lowering toward the horizon. Pollux on the...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 26, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:08 AM Sunset: 8:38 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 30 minutes Once the foliage is out and the gardens are well established, frost is rare. But when it does happen, even the trees can suffer. Such was the case on this date in 1986 when record cold sent...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 26, 2025 | NightSky
Today: If you can find an unobstructed horizon to the north-northwest, then you might be able briefly glimpse a slender, waxing Crescent Moon side-by-side with the planet Mercury, starting near 9:20 through about 9:45 PM. Mercury will appear to the left of the Moon,...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 25, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:08 AM Sunset: 8:38 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 30 minutes Unusual weather – even for our area – makes a unique entry in the record books on this date in 1983. Thunderstorms developed due to some very cold air above. This meant hail...
