March 18, 2024

Sunrise: 6:57 AM Sunset: 7:00 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 3 minutes Over 50 years ago on this date, severe cold gripped the region in 1967, following a fresh snowfall of 3 to 6 inches. The coldest readings so late in the season were recorded in St. Johnsbury,...

March 17, 2024

Sunrise: 6:59 AM Sunset: 6:59 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 0 minutes It is St. Patrick’s Day, and not the weather, that usually brings green to our part of the world. In an average year snow cover is now gone from the Champlain Valley and the lower...

March 16, 2024

Sunrise: 7:01 AM Sunset: 6:58 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 57 minutes Although some years winter still has the upper hand, on this date in 1990, spring was well underway. Muddy roads and rapidly melting snow were under foot, while the sunny skies sent...

March 15, 2024

Sunrise: 7:03 AM Sunset: 6:56 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 53 minutes Beware the Ides of March…not some astrological prediction or vision of fate. Instead, we are on the cusp of the season of spring – a season capable of just about anything! On this...

March 14, 2024

Sunrise: 7:04 AM Sunset: 6:55 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 51 minutes On this date in 1984 one of the heaviest snowfalls on record was coming to an end. Peru, VT set a state record for the greatest snowfall in 24 hours with 38 inches. St. Johnsbury’s total...