Thursday, November 20, 2025

Today: A 6 PM, look for Saturn about halfway up in the southeast, continuing across the southern sky the first half of the night, and setting in the west around 1 AM. Saturn will be quite noticeable, as it will be relatively far-removed from other bright objects, the...

November 20, 2025

Sunrise: 6:52 AM Sunset: 4:19 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 27 minutes There’s hope yet for some warm weather, at least if the recent past is any indication. On this date in 1991, folks were enjoying a last walk or jog in T-shirts and shorts, or putting the...

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Today: At 9 PM, the Summer Triangle still shines, involving two stars that are closer to the horizon: Altair in the west, and Vega in the northwest; higher and in between is Deneb. A simultaneous triangle appears in the east-southeast, with Aldebaran the higher in the...

November 19, 2025

Sunrise: 6:51 AM Sunset: 4:20 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 29 minutes The first of two coastal storms struck southernmost Vermont and central and southern New Hampshire with a foot of snow in Readsboro and Vernon, VT on this date in 1986. Winds gusted to 50 mph...

November 18, 2025

Sunrise: 6:50 AM Sunset: 4:21 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 31 minutes Looking back to the 1960s, snowmaking was only a dream for ski areas, so early snows were always a great bonus. Ski areas hit the jackpot on this date in 1965, when 8 to 16 inches blanketed the...