Friday, July 04, 2025

Today: July is the time to say good-bye to the classic constellation Leo, the Lion. The bright star on Leo’s shoulder, Regulus, is close to due west at 9:30 PM EDT as it emerges from the twilight, settling lower as the twilight fades by 10 o’clock. Leo continues...

July 3, 2025

Sunrise: 5:11 AM Sunset: 8:37 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 26 minutes Dr. Hiram Cutting of Lunenburg, VT recorded many interesting weather events, including the following from Victory, VT on this date in 1842. A very strong and apparently noisy tornado swept...

Thursday, July 03, 2025

Today: Mercury has reached its maximum separation from the Sun, known as its Greatest Eastern Elongation. Over the past 10 days, Mercury has been swinging from behind the Sun, and is now heading toward us. Eventually it sweeps closer to the Sun, making it all but...

July 2, 2025

Sunrise: 5:11 AM Sunset: 8:38 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 27 minutes Tornadoes are a rare part of the variety of weather that makes it so interesting here, but they do occur. A note from John Hayward’s “A Gazatteer of Vermont” indicates on this date in 1833, a...