December 12, 2024

Sunrise: 7:17 AM Sunset: 4:11 PM Length of the day: 8 hours and 54 minutes Have you ever noticed how quiet it is when the snow is falling? Snow’s delicate and lacy structure is responsible for this. Those same fanciful crystals photographed by Wilson Bentley represent...

December 11, 2024

Sunrise: 7:16 AM Sunset: 4:11 PM Length of the day: 8 hours and 55 minutes Dusting off the record books on this date, December 11, 1966 was the climax of a very warm spell of weather. Burlington recording a high of 61 degrees for the third straight day, while it...

December 10, 2024

Sunrise: 7:15 AM Sunset: 4:11 PM Length of the day: 8 hours and 56 minutes If you are discouraged by the short days – often cloudy – and the long nights which will get longer until December 21st, then I have some encouraging information. This evening’s...

December 9, 2024

Sunrise: 7:14 AM Sunset: 4:11 PM Length of the day: 8 hours and 57 minutes Today marks the beginning of the coldest 91 days of the season according to the long-term temperature averages – and is thus considered the start of meteorological winter. Although the...

December 8, 2024

Sunrise: 7:13 AM Sunset: 4:11 PM Length of the day: 8 hours and 58 minutes It was in 1996 on this date, that a classic nor’easter was winding down with a deep snowfall. 5 to 8 inches fell in the Champlain Valley and northeastern New York, but mainly 1 to 2 feet fell...

December 7, 2024

Sunrise: 7:12 AM Sunset: 4:11 PM Length of the day: 8 hours and 59 minutes On this date 26 years ago, in 1998, people were walking around in t-shirts as the warmest December weather of the 20th century sent thermometers into the 60s. Burlington tied its December...