May 28, 2025

Sunrise: 5:12 AM Sunset: 8:24 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 12 minutes On this date in 1775, according to the book, “The History of Keene”, which quoted from the Abner Sanger diary, “Toward Night comes up a Terrible Hurricane Thunder shower....

May 27, 2025

Sunrise: 5:13 AM Sunset: 8:23 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 10 minutes One of the coldest Mays of the 20th century was capped off by a snowy northeaster in 1967. Residents of northern New England were waking up to a dusting to an inch in southern Vermont,...

May 26, 2025

Sunrise: 5:13 AM Sunset: 8:22 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 9 minutes Fourteen years ago, in 2011, a series of moisture-laden thunderstorms tracking northeast along the Rt. 2 corridor from Barre northeast to St. Johnsbury, unleashed 4 to 7 inches of rain in six...

May 25, 2025

Sunrise: 5:14 AM Sunset: 8:21 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 7 minutes On this date in 1832, 8 inches of snow was reported near Burlington, VT according to David Ludlum’s’ “The Vermont Weather Book”. May snow are not unheard of, though they...

May 24, 2025

Sunrise: 5:15 AM Sunset: 8:20 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 5 minutes Early season heat gets to be more common by the last week of May. The ground, the lakes, and the ocean are slow to warm up, but by now, most record highs reach 90 degrees or more. Such is the...

May 23, 2025

Sunrise: 5:16 AM Sunset: 8:19 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 3 minutes Heat waves are a select group in May, though getting 90 degree weather does happen about once every 4 to 5 years. The heat was still simmering in Burlington on this date in 1977. After setting...