September 6, 2025

Sunrise: 6:19 AM Sunset: 7:17 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 58 minutes September is the most active month in the tropics. The remnants of a tropical storm made it into the weather records on this date in 1979. Former Hurricane David brought gusty winds of 50 mph,...

September 5, 2025

Sunrise: 6:18 AM Sunset: 7:19 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 1 minutes An early frost snuck in under the cover of night on this date in 1963, re-writing a few entries in the record books, and ending the growing season a little earlier than some gardeners had...

Friday, September 05, 2025

Today: The brightest star in the Summer Triangle, Vega, appears nearly overhead as the last of the twilight fades near 7:40 PM. Vega’s brilliance is due, in part, to its location just 25 light years away, and because it is the fourth brightest star within 50...

September 4, 2025

Sunrise: 6:17 AM Sunset: 7:21 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 4 minutes One of the earlier records of weather in Vermont is that of General Martin’s field notes. David Ludlum’s “Vermont Weather Book” notes that in this date in 1828, General Martin indicated 9.7...

Thursday, September 04, 2025

Today: Arcturus now settles lower in the west by dark. The second brightest star seen in the northern latitudes, Arcturus is due west at 8:00, and sets tonight in the northwest shortly after 11 o’clock. Its brightness is a combination of distance – relatively...