October 4, 2024

Sunrise: 6:52 AM Sunset: 6:26 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 34 minutes The earliest heavy snowfall on modern record dumped up to 20 inches across the higher elevations of southwest Vermont, including 18 inches in Pownal on this date, in 1987. The snow was...

October 3, 2024

Sunrise: 6:50 AM Sunset: 6:27 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 37 minutes Early snowfalls are not always the signal of a tough winter on the way. Three inches of snow fell on this date in 1780 in Pomfret according to Jonathan Carpenter’s diary, and while the...

October 2, 2024

Sunrise: 6:49 AM Sunset: 6:29 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 40 minutes October of 1950 opened with some of the warmest weather so late in the season. Readings in the upper 70s and low 80s set records including 82 in Burlington, and 84 in St. Johnsbury and...

October 1, 2024

Sunrise: 6:48 AM Sunset: 6:31 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 43 minutes On this date in 1947 a cold front lie across northern parts of New York, Vermont and New Hampshire, limiting temperatures to the mid 40s to mid 50s. However thermometers headed for 80 in...

September 30, 2024

Sunrise: 6:47 AM Sunset: 6:33 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 46 minutes By the end of September, the weather records of interest are often those of cold and snow, which might sound discouraging. However, there is little interest in making much of a fuss over a...