March 27, 2025

Sunrise: 6:41 AM Sunset: 7:11 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 30 minutes The winter of 1912-13 was mild with little snow. Though most floods this time of year are enhanced by snow melt, a flood on this date in 1913 came after 3 days of soaking rains, including 3.72...

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Today: As the star Arcturus climbs to one third of the way above the eastern horizon at 10:30 PM this evening, look for another brilliant star to return to the skies, the bluish-white Vega, just rising in the north-northeast. Vega appears on any clear night of the...

March 26, 2025

Sunrise: 6:42 AM Sunset: 7:10 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 28 minutes March walks that thin line between seasons, so we can go from mild to wild a short order, as was the case on this date in 1847. Temperatures of near 40 and rain developing soon turned to snow...

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Today: Tomorrow’s morning twilight hosts this month’s second conjunction between the Moon and Venus. Along an unobstructed eastern horizon, Venus will shine almost due east from 6:05 to 6:10, while the the slim crescent moon appears well to its right in the...

March 25, 2025

Sunrise: 6:44 AM Sunset: 7:09 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 25 minutes Warm weather can really flex its muscles this time of year, thanks to a sun that is as strong as early September. On this date in 1987, in spite of a deep snow cover of a foot or more outside...