June 11, 2024

Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:34 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 28 minutes Snowstorms in June are rare, but the one on this date in 1842 exceeded that of its more famous predecessor of 1816. Snow was noted in all the northeastern states, and several inches were...

June 10, 2024

Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:33 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 27 minutes Two rounds of severe thunderstorms banged and crashed their way across Vermont on this date in 2008. Over 50 reports of damaging winds, and several reports of hail had untility companies...

June 9, 2024

Sunrise: 5:07 AM Sunset: 8:33 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 26 minutes The summer of 1933, famous for the beginnings of the Dust Bowl in the Great Plains, was also hot and dry locally. On this date a heat wave was underway, topping out at 96 degrees in Cornwall,...

June 8, 2024

Sunrise: 5:07 AM Sunset: 8:32 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 25 minutes On this date in 1903, the first rain in nearly 9 weeks fell, continuing for 4 days with about an inch of total rainfall. In many locations, including Burlington, no rain fell at all in the...

June 7, 2024

Sunrise: 5:07 AM Sunset: 8:32 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 25 minutes A very rare June snowstorm struck on this date in 1816, starting what became known as the “Year without a Summer”. According to the newspaper “The North Star” from Danville, Vermont from June...

June 6, 2024

Sunrise: 5:07 AM Sunset: 8:31 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 24 minutes Residents of northwestern and central Vermont enjoyed a quiet day 30 years ago on this date, in 1984, but clouds gathered toward dark, followed by thunderstorms that dumped up to 6 inches of...