February 17, 2026

Sunrise: 6:47 AM Sunset: 5:22 PM Length of day: 10 hours and 35 minutes Classic New England snow storms are often measured against the tremendous storm that struck all of New England on this date in 1958. As a storm, it wasn’t until 1993 that winter storm...

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Today: Tonight’s New Moon will facilitate the detection the most distant object human eyes can see, the Andromeda galaxy, a faint smudge of light, one half of the way above the west-northwest horizon, as twilight ends after 7:00 PM. It appears at the hip of the...

February 16, 2026

Sunrise: 6:48 AM Sunset: 5:21 PM Length of day: 10 hours and 33 minutes One of the coldest mornings on modern record occurred on this date in 1943. Although the month had been mild, including 45 in Bennington on the 14th, temperatures fell to record levels by the...