November 1, 2025

Sunrise: 7:27 AM Sunset: 5:40 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 13 minutes The first day of November greets us with the half-way point between fall and winter. The ancient peoples of western Europe knew this as Samhain – meaning literally “summer’s end”, but...

October 31, 2025

Sunrise: 7:26 AM Sunset: 5:41 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 15 minutes Halloween is often haunted by memories of trick-or-treating in the snow, or in the cold, but before the days of various miniature cherubs dressed as their favorite hero or greatest nightmare,...

October 30, 2025

Sunrise: 7:25 AM Sunset: 5:43 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 18 minutes Over a decade on this date, in 2011, the greatest October snowstorm on record was tapering off. Only a dusting fell in the Champlain Valley, but 8 to 16 inches fell in southern VT, including...

October 29, 2025

Sunrise: 7:23 AM Sunset: 5:44 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 21 minutes Winter decided to get an early start on the season on this date in 1952. A solid 6 to 12 inches of snow greeted residents of the northern Green Mountains, the Northeast Kingdom, and northern...

October 28, 2025

Sunrise: 7:22 AM Sunset: 5:46 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 24 minutes October of 1965 was a cold one, starting with some snow over the far north on the 3rd, and near record cold on the 6th and 7th. A more widespread snowfall occurred on this date in 1965, when...

October 27, 2025

Sunrise: 7:21 AM Sunset: 5:47 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 26 minutes The colder weather lately has many people trying to work with the weather in terms of putting their gardens and various plantings to bed. One recommendation is that you wait until the ground...