July 4, 2024

Sunrise: 5:12 AM Sunset: 8:37 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 25 minutes “As hot as the 4th of July” is a common saying – sometimes even used to describe our seasons as “winter and the 4th of July”. Certainly the heat wave that climaxed on this date in 1911 added...

July 3, 2024

Sunrise: 5:11 AM Sunset: 8:37 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 26 minutes Dr. Hiram Cutting of Lunenburg, VT recorded many interesting weather events, including the following from Victory, VT on this date in 1842. A very strong and apparently noisy tornado swept...

July 2, 2024

Sunrise: 5:11 AM Sunset: 8:38 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 27 minutes Tornadoes are a rare part of the variety of weather that makes it so interesting here, but they do occur. A note from John Hayward’s “A Gazatteer of Vermont” indicates on this date in 1833, a...

July 1, 2024

Sunrise: 5:10 AM Sunset: 8:38 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 28 minutes July represents the pinnacle of summer through the North Country. Days remain long, but by month’s end we will lose an hour and 20 minutes of daylight. Temperatures don’t vary much through the...

June 30, 2024

Sunrise: 5:10 AM Sunset: 8:38 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 28 minutes Wet weather in June 1973 climaxed during the last few days, producing over 6 inches of rain in many locations during the 29th and 30th, resulting in widespread flooding, killing two people....

June 29, 2024

Sunrise: 5:09 AM Sunset: 8:38 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 29 minutes June of 1919 was famous for an early season heat wave that featured some of Vermont’s hottest weather on record. But over a century ago on this date, the weather did a flip-flop, and...