by FLEK Admin | Feb 3, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:06 AM Sunset: 5:03 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 57 minutes We were in the midst of a very long siege of cold weather during the first week of February, 1961. Starting on January 10th, and continuing through February 9th, West Burke, VT’s...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 3, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Over the next few mornings, from 6 o’clock until the twilight brightens by 6:30, a waning Crescent of a Moon offers early risers a few arrangements with the star Antares, and the delightful but departing Venus, low in the southeast. The displays start...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 2, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:07 AM Sunset: 5:01 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 54 minutes Ground Hog Day finds its roots in ancient times, marking the half-way point between the first day of winter and the first day of spring. On this date in 1979, West Burke, VT began a stretch of...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 2, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Ground Hog Day may appear to have nothing to do with the sky, but in fact, the date marks the traditional half-way point from the Winter Solstice to the Spring Equinox. Early calendars did not have fixed months the way we do today, so this date floated....
by FLEK Admin | Feb 1, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:08 AM Sunset: 5:00 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 52 minutes Just as the clock struck midnight on this date in 1920, Northfield, VT set the state record for the highest barometric reading, that of 31.14 inches. High pressure in the winter is invariably...
