June 15, 2025

Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:36 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 30 minutes The sunrise this morning, and again tomorrow morning, are the earliest of the year, even though we have not quite reached summer. This slight discrepancy is due to our attempts to make time...

June 14, 2025

Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:35 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 29 minutes On this date in 1988, the hottest summer of the second half of the 20th century was getting its first taste of heat. Thermometers soared to a record 94 in Burlington, and 96 in Vernon and...

Saturday, June 14, 2025

Today: Facing northwest this evening, you can view the Big Dipper, or its more fleshed-out constellation version, Ursa Major, which appears to be diving toward the horizon. It’s trajectory will flatten out through the night, seemingly coming to rest along the northern...

Friday, June 13, 2025

Today: The earliest sunrises of the year take place this week, before the longest days of the year. The Earth is farther from the Sun in June, causing it to orbit a little slower. However, it still spins on its axis at the same speed. That means it turns and faces the...

June 13, 2025

Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:35 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 29 minutes A week of heavy rains from the 5th to the 12th, 2002, forced rivers and streams into full flood over northern Vermont, with river levels reaching their highest in more than a quarter century...