by FLEK Admin | Dec 23, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:24 AM Sunset: 4:15 PM Length of the day: 8 hours and 51 minutes “The weather outside is frightful”, or at least cold and snowy most years at this time. But thermometers edged into the 50s and low 60s on this date in 1990, melting the thin coating of snow in...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 22, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:23 AM Sunset: 4:15 PM Length of the day: 8 hours and 52 minutes Six years ago on this date, 2018 experienced a “solstice thaw”, with 1 to 2 inches of rain, plus an additional 1 to 3 inches of melting snow, breaking up early ice on the rivers,...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 21, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:23 AM Sunset: 4:14 PM Length of the day: 8 hours and 51 minutes The word solstice comes from the Latin, meaning “sun standing still”, and so it appears along the southwest horizon. In only a few days the sun will begin to creep back toward the north,...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 20, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:22 AM Sunset: 4:14 PM Length of the day: 8 hours and 52 minutes A winter solstice deep freeze was underway on this date in 1955. Three consecutive mornings from the 21st to the 23rd brought record low temperatures state wide. Burlington and Montpelier both...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 19, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:22 AM Sunset: 4:13 PM Length of the day: 8 hours and 51 minutes 1998 featured the warmest December of record for most locations in northern New England, yet that year on this date, Burlington set a snowfall record! Low pressure tracking up the east coast...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 18, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:21 AM Sunset: 4:13 PM Length of the day: 8 hours and 52 minutes December is often on the edge of linger warmth and fresh batches of cold arctic air. Such was the case in 1961 on this date, when a very heavy mix of snow and freezing rain caused wide-spread...
