by FLEK Admin | Aug 4, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The star Arcturus appears around 9:00 PM, as twilight gives way to darker skies, seen about half way up in the west. It is due west at 10:30 and sets near 1:00 AM. This star owes its status as the brightest star in the summer skies because it is relatively...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 4, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:41 AM Sunset: 8:11 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 30 minutes With average temperatures near their maximum this time of year, there’s lots of energy available for strong thunderstorms, like those that struck on this date in 1992. Severe thunderstorms...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 3, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:40 AM Sunset: 8:12 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 32 minutes Just over a century ago on this date, in 1923, Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office in Plymouth, VT. David Ludlum, the author of the Vermont Weather Book, and expert on weather history,...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 3, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Moon is just past its First Quarter as it nuzzles up close to the reddish star Antares, the “heart” of the Scorpion, low in the south-southwest as twilight gives way to darkness from 8:45 PM to 9 PM. The pair slide lower into the southwest,...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 2, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:39 AM Sunset: 8:13 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 34 minutes Scorching heat baked all of New England on this date in 1975. Coined “Hot Saturday” by weather historian David Ludlum, it reached 95 degrees or better at nearly all reporting stations,...
