by FLEK Admin | Jul 19, 2025 | NightSky
Today: At around 1:00 AM, the Moon will rise within the heart of Taurus, The Bull. As the morning twilight gathers, those of us in the eastern United States will be tantalized by a close encounter between the Moon and the Pleiades. At around 5:00 AM the Moon will...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 19, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:24 AM Sunset: 8:28 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 4 minutes Dusting off the records books on this date in 1850, heavy rains caused serious flooding through southern and southwestern Vermont, into the Berkshires of Massachusetts. A tropical storm...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 18, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:23 AM Sunset: 8:29 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 6 minutes On this date in 1953, people were beginning to look for ways to beat the heat. A brief but intense heat wave climaxed on the 18th and 19th. Both Cornwall and Wilder, VT topped out at 100...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 18, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The star Capella is right on the northern horizon, due north at 10:15 PM EDT. While it is essentially not viewable, it never sets at our latitude. By midnight, it will be rising in the north-northeast. In six months from now, it will be almost exactly overhead...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 17, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:22 AM Sunset: 8:30 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 8 minutes Very dry and very warm weather was testing many wells on this date, in 1966. Long-term drought is a rarity in New England, but from 1961 through 1966, precipitation was well below normal....
