by FLEK Admin | Apr 23, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:54 AM Sunset: 7:44 PM Length of the day: 13 hours 1 minutes On this day in 1996, it was raining. Of course that isn’t exciting in and of itself, but the month of April, 28 years ago, was the wettest ever on a state-wide basis. A cold, wet backwards...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 23, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:54 AM Sunset: 7:44 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 50 minutes On this day in 1996, it was raining. Of course that isn’t exciting in and of itself, but the month of April, 21 years ago, was the wettest ever on a state-wide basis. A cold, wet...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 22, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:55 AM Sunset: 7:43 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 48 minutes Today is Earth Day, an event dating back to the 1970s. Thinking about the phrase, “think globally, act locally” I like to use this date to do a little hands-on work. Though the challenge...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 21, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:57 AM Sunset: 7:42 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 45 minutes Spring appeared to be well underway on this date, in 1993. Temperatures reached the 60s in most places just ahead of a cold front. By evening, rain had turned to snow in the Adirondacks. While...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 20, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:58 AM Sunset: 7:41 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 43 minutes Spring is obviously not a smooth progression forward, but is fraught with set backs, such as the heavy, wet snowstorm that hit on this date in 1953. Most lower elevations experienced a cold...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 19, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:00 AM Sunset: 7:40 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 40 minutes A rare April heat wave was climaxing on this date during the Bicentennial year of the United States, 1976. Thermometers reached mid-summer levels, including 90 degrees in Montpelier and St....
