August 23, 2024

Sunrise: 6:03 AM Sunset: 7:42 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 39 minutes On this date in 1988, chilly temperatures set a few records across the region, including 43 in Burlington, 39 degrees in St. Johnsbury, and 37 in Montpelier. Colder spots like Chelsea at 32,...

August 22, 2024

Sunrise: 6:02 AM Sunset: 7:44 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 42 minutes During that infamous Summer of 1816, referred to as the “year without a summer”, a sharp cold front on the 21st brought frost to parts of northern and central New England. Thermometers where...

August 21, 2024

Sunrise: 6:01 AM Sunset: 7:45 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 44 minutes On this date in 1925, autumn was getting ahead of itself as scattered frost edged into the colder mountain valleys. Somerset, high in the southern Green Mountains dropped to 26. Most other...

August 20, 2024

Sunrise: 5:59 AM Sunset: 7:47 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 48 minutes Looking back to this date in 1955, just one week following heavy rains from the remnants of Hurricane Connie, the remnants of Hurricane Diane sent more heavy rain, but most of northern New...

August 19, 2024

Sunrise: 5:58 AM Sunset: 7:49 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 51 minutes Vermont experienced its first hurricane on historical records on this date in 1788. Tracking from New Jersey into Maine, its track across Vermont sent it from north of Bennington east...