by FLEK Admin | Jun 20, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:38 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 32 minutes Yes, today is the first day of summer on the calendars, known also as Midsummer’s Day, though it seems like neither the first day of summer, nor the middle. Although the summer solstice...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 19, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:37 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 31 minutes Some of the hottest weather of the 20th century was scorching our normally temperate region on this date thirty years ago, in 1995. The mercury soared to 100 degrees in Burlington, VT, as well...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 18, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:37 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 31 minutes Weather extremes on this date included a tornado tracking across portions of Franklin County in 1957. The track ran from just south of Franklin, just north of Lake Carmi and northeast toward...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 17, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:37 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 31 minutes We were in the midst of a tremendous heatwave 31 years ago, in 1994. Temperatures reached the 90 degree mark or better in most communities on the 16th, and peaked on the 17th and 18th....
by FLEK Admin | Jun 16, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:36 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 30 minutes On this date in 1806, a total solar eclipse darkened the midday hours of central New England. Totality lasted about 3 minutes and 50 seconds in Bennington. The area of totality included...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 15, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:36 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 30 minutes The sunrise this morning, and again tomorrow morning, are the earliest of the year, even though we have not quite reached summer. This slight discrepancy is due to our attempts to make time...