2023-10-24

Sunrise: 7:17 AM Sunset: 5:52 PM Length of the day: 10 hours 1 minutes In the wake of a snowstorm just two days earlier, record cold gripped much of Vermont and New Hampshire on this date in 1969. Concord, NH sank to 10 degrees, as did Woodstock, VT. The coldest...

Monday, October 23, 2023

Today: With evenings arriving a bit earlier each day, you’ll find the twilight darkening from 6:15 to 7 o’clock, at which point you should gaze toward the southeast, where the waxing Gibbous Moon glows well to the right of the planet Saturn, sitting about...

2023-10-23

Sunrise: 7:15 AM Sunset: 5:53 PM Length of the day: 10 hours 1 minutes An unusually heavy snowstorm on the 18th of October 1783 leaving over a foot of snow in the mountains, combined with heavy rains on this date in 1783 to produce a flood due to the melting snow, the...

Sunday, October 22, 2023

Today: For early birds, Venus has been a dazzling beacon for several weeks now. It reaches the pinacle of its appearance in the mornings this week, as its orbit carries it to its greatest separation from the Sun, called its Greatest Western Elongation. This brings...

2023-10-22

Sunrise: 7:14 AM Sunset: 5:55 PM Length of the day: 10 hours 1 minutes The last part of October is not a stranger to the first true snow storms of the year. They rarely stay just yet, but they make quite an impression. Over 50 years ago, on this date in 1969, winter...