October 13, 2024

Sunrise: 7:03 AM Sunset: 6:10 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 7 minutes The third in a series of early season snowfalls took place on this date in 1836, bringing snow all the way down into the valleys after the first two just dusted the mountains. Residents of...

Saturday, October 12, 2024

Today: When Columbus landed in the Bahamas on this date in 1492, he used the North Star to determine his location. However, he mistakenly used the star Alderamin in Cepheus, and thought he landed near what is now Boston. Either tropical breezes, or an able assistant,...

October 12, 2024

Sunrise: 7:01 AM Sunset: 6:11 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 10 minutes Columbus landed in what is now the Bahamas on this date in 1492, and I wanted to note his meteorological connections, as he was the first European to write about a storm, known to the...