May 27, 2025

Sunrise: 5:13 AM Sunset: 8:23 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 10 minutes One of the coldest Mays of the 20th century was capped off by a snowy northeaster in 1967. Residents of northern New England were waking up to a dusting to an inch in southern Vermont,...

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Today: As the Moon reaches its New phase, permitting dark evening skies, it’s a good time to locate the famous but rather faint constellation, Hercules. Looking due east near 11:00 PM, and on a line between Arcturus high in the southeast and Vega in the east,...

May 26, 2025

Sunrise: 5:13 AM Sunset: 8:22 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 9 minutes Fourteen years ago, in 2011, a series of moisture-laden thunderstorms tracking northeast along the Rt. 2 corridor from Barre northeast to St. Johnsbury, unleashed 4 to 7 inches of rain in six...

Monday, May 26, 2025

Today: Between the brightest star in the skies this evening, Arcturus, high in the south at 10:30 PM, and the second brightest, Vega, slightly lower in the east, the faint stars of Hercules offer a challenge to view. Many people look for the bowtie pattern, one third...

May 25, 2025

Sunrise: 5:14 AM Sunset: 8:21 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 7 minutes On this date in 1832, 8 inches of snow was reported near Burlington, VT according to David Ludlum’s’ “The Vermont Weather Book”. May snow are not unheard of, though they...