August 7, 2025

Sunrise: 5:44 AM Sunset: 8:07 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 23 minutes On this date in 1918, many thermometers hovered near the century mark during a brief but blistering heat wave. Earlier that week, temperatures dropped to the 30s on the 4th. By the 7th and 8th...

August 6, 2025

Sunrise: 5:43 AM Sunset: 8:08 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 25 minutes Flash flooding struck portions of the northern Green Mountains on this date in 1995, the only significant rain in a very dry summer. Official rainfall reports of 6.5 inches in Morrisville and...

August 5, 2025

Sunrise: 5:42 AM Sunset: 8:10 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 28 minutes Stifling heat on this date in 1955 pushed the thermometers to 95 in Burlington, and a toasty 103 in Windham, New Hampshire. Naturally a cool and refreshing rain would be a welcomed end to...

August 4, 2025

Sunrise: 5:41 AM Sunset: 8:11 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 30 minutes With average temperatures near their maximum this time of year, there’s lots of energy available for strong thunderstorms, like those that struck on this date in 1992. Severe thunderstorms...

August 3, 2025

Sunrise: 5:40 AM Sunset: 8:12 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 32 minutes Just over a century ago on this date, in 1923, Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office in Plymouth, VT. David Ludlum, the author of the Vermont Weather Book, and expert on weather history,...

August 2, 2025

Sunrise: 5:39 AM Sunset: 8:13 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 34 minutes Scorching heat baked all of New England on this date in 1975. Coined “Hot Saturday” by weather historian David Ludlum, it reached 95 degrees or better at nearly all reporting stations,...