by FLEK Admin | Jan 27, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:13 AM Sunset: 4:53 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 40 minutes It seems we often dive far back into the record books to find interesting or extreme weather, but recent decades have had their share, including 1998’s ice storm, the Valentine’s Day Blizzard...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 26, 2024 | NightSky
Today: With the Moon just one day past Full, can you make out the “Man in the Moon” – created by the darker regions of the Moon? Another common figure is a rabbit or hare, with two long ears at the top, a body curved down the left side, and feet near...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 26, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:14 AM Sunset: 4:52 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 38 minutes We often speak of the Blizzard of 1888 as one of the worst snowstorms in New England’s history, but there were actually two blizzards in an otherwise mild winter. On this date in 1888,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 25, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Tonight’s skies feature the Full “Wolf” Moon, so named by Native Americans for the wolves that would gather outside villages in the deep of winter. It sits well below the Twins of Gemini, and well to the left of the bright star Procyon. It has...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 25, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:15 AM Sunset: 4:50 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 35 minutes Snow was falling fast and thick on January 25th, 1836. The second heavy storm of a snowy month, it brought a general snowfall of a foot and a half to most valleys, including 18 inches in...
