June 23, 2025

Sunrise: 5:07 AM Sunset: 8:38 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 31 minutes One of the most severe outbreaks of weather in Vermont and New Hampshire roared across the region on this date in 1782. An undetermined number of tornadoes swept from southwest to northeast,...

Monday, June 23, 2025

Today: With Summer now officially underway, look for Leo the Lion, lowering into the west as he takes his curtain call for the season. His bright star, Regulus, due west at 10 o’clock, was associated with the Summer Solstice over 5000 years ago, when the Sun...

June 22, 2025

Sunrise: 5:07 AM Sunset: 8:38 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 31 minutes A tremendous hailstorm occurred on this date in 1906. Following some frosty weather 10 days before, thunderstorms in Chelsea, VT produced a swath of hail about 1 mile wide and 10 miles long....

Sunday, June 22, 2025

Today: Early risers tomorrow will find an even thinner Crescent Moon joining Venus, well to the left of the planetary beacon, but also just left of the returning collection of stars known as the Seven Sisters. They will be quite low at 3:45 AM, just as the first hints...

June 21, 2025

Sunrise: 5:07 AM Sunset: 8:38 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 31 minutes Summer may be underway, but that doesn’t mean all tomatoes are automatically safe. Over a century ago on this date, in 1918, the second of two frosty mornings in a row was recorded in...