July 2, 2025

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, 2025

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, 2025

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, 2025

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...

June 28, 2025

Sunrise: 5:09 AM Sunset: 8:38 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 29 minutes On this date in 1998, heavy rains had swollen the Mad River beyond its banks. Rainfall of 4 inches or more in the mountains surrounding the Mad River caused the worst flooding there since the...

June 27, 2025

Sunrise: 5:08 AM Sunset: 8:38 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 30 minutes According to David Ludlum’s “Vermont Weather Book”, 75 years ago, Bennington was struck by hail on this date in 1950, with diameters of 1 to 2 inches. That in itself is noteworthy, but what...