by FLEK Admin | Oct 21, 2023 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:13 AM Sunset: 5:56 PM Length of the day: 10 hours 1 minutes Just over 50 years ago on this date, in 1972, bitter cold covered smaller ponds with ice. On the 19th an early season northeaster clipped southern New England with 2 to 4 inches of snow on the...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 20, 2023 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:12 AM Sunset: 5:58 PM Length of the day: 10 hours 1 minutes Rain began falling on this date in 1996, and would continue for about 30 hours as a coastal storm tapped moisture from Hurricane Lily and dumped tremendous rains over the region. 2 to 4 inches was...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 19, 2023 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:10 AM Sunset: 6:00 PM Length of the day: 10 hours 1 minutes One of October’s longest and warmest spells of Gossamer Summer was drawing to a hazy, stagnant close on this date in 1947. For the fourth day in a row, the thermometer reached or exceeded 80...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 18, 2023 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:09 AM Sunset: 6:01 PM Length of the day: 10 hours 1 minutes On this date in 1783, the second tropical storm system of the month was close enough to bring heavy precipitation, but far enough east to draw cold air from the north into its circulation. This...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 17, 2023 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:08 AM Sunset: 6:03 PM Length of the day: 10 hours 1 minutes “Early winter is surely winter” as the old adage goes. A British-led Mohawk raiding party attacked Royalton, VT on this date in 1780, with mid-winter conditions, including 8 inches of...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 16, 2023 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:06 AM Sunset: 6:05 PM Length of the day: 10 hours 1 minutes Many birds are on the wing this time of year, as insect-eaters are finding the pickings becoming more scarce. Yellow-rumped warblers are joined by song sparrows, flickers, woodcocks, killdeer and...
