April 16, 2025

Sunrise: 6:05 AM Sunset: 7:36 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 31 minutes On this date in 1992, a second snow storm followed a record cold spell to top off the winter season, as it were. 4 to 8 inches of snow fell throughout the region, but in the higher terrain in...

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Today: For night owls, or very early risers tomorrow morning, the southeastern skies host a wonderful view of the waning Gibbous Moon, rising just minutes before midnight, joined shortly later by the red star Antares, the “heart” of the Scorpion, to the...

April 15, 2025

Sunrise: 6:07 AM Sunset: 7:35 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 28 minutes In most years, maple sugaring is done by now, or nearly so, and we move on to other activities. However, following one of the most severe winters of the 18th century, the famous Long Winter of...

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Today: Sirius, the Dog Star, shines bright but low in the southwest by o’clock. However, there is a second “dog star”, Procyon, or the Little Dog, directly above Sirius, much higher in the southwest. Procyon appears about half way up in the skies at...

April 14, 2025

Sunrise: 6:08 AM Sunset: 7:33 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 25 minutes In 1992, a late-season snowstorm on the 11th and 12th set the stage for a cold morning on the 14th – setting records in Portland, ME at 21 degrees, but many single numbers inland,...