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,...

August 1, 2025

Sunrise: 5:38 AM Sunset: 8:15 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 37 minutes If you think it is chilly some summer morning, consider the following. In Randolph, VT, William Nutting wrote in his weather diary, “kept a fire in the office all day”, and noting a maximum of...

July 31, 2025

Sunrise: 5:37 AM Sunset: 8:16 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 39 minutes Hot weather in July, of course that’s no surprise. July averages the greatest number of days with 90 or above – a total of five at most locations in the valleys – not exactly...