June 21, 2024

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...

June 20, 2024

Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:38 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 32 minutes Yes, today is the first day of summer on the calendars, known also as Midsummer’s Day, though it seems like neither the first day of summer, nor the middle. Although the summer solstice...

June 19, 2024

Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:37 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 31 minutes Some of the hottest weather of the 20th century was scorching our normally temperate region on this date in 1995. The mercury soared to 100 degrees in Burlington, VT, as well as in North...

June 18, 2024

Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:37 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 31 minutes Weather extremes on this date included a tornado tracking across portions of Franklin County in 1957. The track ran from just south of Franklin, just north of Lake Carmi and northeast toward...

June 17, 2024

Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:37 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 31 minutes We were in the midst of a tremendous heatwave in 1994. Temperatures reached the 90 degree mark or better in most communities on the 16th, and peaked on the 17th and 18th. Burlington and St....

June 16, 2024

Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:36 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 30 minutes On this date in 1806, a total solar eclipse darkened the midday hours of central New England. Totality lasted about 3 minutes and 50 seconds in Bennington. The area of totality included...