June 1, 2025

Sunrise: 5:10 AM Sunset: 8:27 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 17 minutes Going back just shy of 40 years ago on this date, in 1986, severe thunderstorms pounded the region with damaging winds and hail. North Hartland and Brookfield both reported 1 inch diameter...

Sunday, June 01, 2025

Today: At 9:30 in the evening sky, you can see Mars shining in the west. Just slightly up and to the left of Mars, you can also witness a very rendezvous between the Crescent Moon and the bright star Regulus, brightest of the stars in Leo. Regulus appears immediately...

May 31, 2025

Sunrise: 5:10 AM Sunset: 8:26 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 16 minutes While the weather can be very summer-like by the end of May, a severe frost and freeze occurred on this date in 1961. After a mid-month heat-wave with temperatures near 90, the weather pattern...

Saturday, May 31, 2025

Today: Near their earlier rendezvous point on May 3rd, Mars and the Moon again appear close together in the western sky this evening, in between Cancer and Leo. The Moon is a little closer to Cancer, and Mars to Leo. They will then sink into the west-northwest,...

May 30, 2025

Sunrise: 5:11 AM Sunset: 8:25 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 14 minutes Today is the traditional date for Memorial Day, or as it was known in the 1800s – Decoration Day. Decoration Day of 1884 saw one of the latest episodes of measurable snow on record. Both...