by FLEK Admin | May 24, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Memorial Day weekend serves as an unofficial kick-off to summer, and the stars are doing their part. One of summer’s quintessential constellations is Scorpio, the Scorpion. The star Antares, regarded as the heart of the Scorpion, is rising in the twilight,...
by FLEK Admin | May 24, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:15 AM Sunset: 8:20 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 5 minutes Early season heat gets to be more common by the last week of May. The ground, the lakes, and the ocean are slow to warm up, but by now, most record highs reach 90 degrees or more. Such is the...
by FLEK Admin | May 23, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The star Spica, due south at 10 o’clock this evening, will help guide you to the stars of Corvus, the Crow. Well to the lower right of Spica, look for an odd shaped “box” of stars. The lower left star is the tail of the Crow, while the three other stars...
by FLEK Admin | May 23, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:16 AM Sunset: 8:19 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 3 minutes Heat waves are a select group in May, though getting 90 degree weather does happen about once every 4 to 5 years. The heat was still simmering in Burlington on this date in 1977. After setting...
by FLEK Admin | May 22, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:17 AM Sunset: 8:18 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 1 minutes The first heat wave of a hot summer was underway on this date in 1911. Temperatures warmed quickly to the 70s and 80s during the first three weeks of May. Then, starting on the 21st,...
