2023-10-15

Sunrise: 7:05 AM Sunset: 6:06 PM Length of the day: 11 hours 1 minutes The north-south orientation of the Champlain valley bounded by relatively high mountains through the Adirondacks and Green Mountains, forces south winds to accelerate through with greater speed....

2023-10-14

Sunrise: 7:04 AM Sunset: 6:08 PM Length of the day: 11 hours 1 minutes A lengthy cold snap was underway on this date in 1937. Beginning with the 12th, and lasting through the 17th, thermometers fell into the teens, severely damaging vegetation in southern portions of...

2023-10-13

Sunrise: 7:03 AM Sunset: 6:10 PM Length of the day: 11 hours 1 minutes The third in a series of early season snowfalls took place on this date in 1836, bringing snow all the way down into the valleys after the first two just dusted the mountains. Residents of Hanover,...

2023-10-12

Sunrise: 7:01 AM Sunset: 6:11 PM Length of the day: 11 hours 1 minutes Columbus landed in what is now the Bahamas on this date in 1492, and I wanted to note his meteorological connections, as he was the first European to write about a storm, known to the Guatemalan...

2023-10-11

Sunrise: 7:00 AM Sunset: 6:13 PM Length of the day: 11 hours 1 minutes October and November are frequented by extended intervals of warm weather, sometimes called “Gossamer Summer”. Unlike other times of the year, these spells will set records for three or...

2023-10-10

Sunrise: 6:59 AM Sunset: 6:15 PM Length of the day: 11 hours 1 minutes One of the more famous weather events in early New England history transpired on this date in 1804. Known as the Snow Hurricane, perhaps the greatest early season snow in northwestern New England,...