by FLEK Admin | May 16, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Gemini, the Twins, are standing on the horizon between west and northwest this evening, Castor on the right and Pollux on the left. It was near the feet of Castor, the name of the brother as well as the star, that in 1781 Sir William Herschel discovered a new...
by FLEK Admin | May 16, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:22 AM Sunset: 8:12 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 50 minutes Early season heat was toasting the region on this date in 1932. St. Johnsbury topped out at a record 91 degrees, while the cool waters of Lake Champlain held Burlington to 88, also a record...
by FLEK Admin | May 15, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:23 AM Sunset: 8:10 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 47 minutes On this date in 1834, perhaps the biggest May snowstorm on record occurred. North winds allowed cold air to remain in place in the valleys west of the Green Mountains, so both Rutland and...
by FLEK Admin | May 15, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Big Dipper is high overhead in May. The middle star of the three stars on the handle, Mizar, appears as a “double star”. The brighter star is joined by a fainter companion, Alcor, known to the Arabs as the “horse and rider”, and was...
by FLEK Admin | May 14, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:25 AM Sunset: 8:09 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 44 minutes A series of white frosts began on this date over two centuries ago, in 1816, a prelude to the infamous “Year Without A Summer”. The weather up until May had been progressing...
