May 12, 2024

Sunrise: 5:27 AM Sunset: 8:07 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 40 minutes You might want to be careful, or at least consider the following, when locating your thermometer. The standard height for observing the temperature is five feet, but in a study done at UVM a...

May 11, 2024

Sunrise: 5:28 AM Sunset: 8:06 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 38 minutes In 1945, after record warmth in April. higher elevations in southern Vermont were blanketed in snow on this date. 15 inches was reported in Wilmington and Somerset, 13 inches in Cavendish, and...

May 10, 2024

Sunrise: 5:29 AM Sunset: 8:05 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 36 minutes On this date in 1880, Island Pond, VT was hit by a violent thunderstorm with damaging winds. There is no way to know whether it was a tornado or just strong thunderstorm winds, though no other...

May 9, 2024

Sunrise: 5:31 AM Sunset: 8:04 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 33 minutes Tornadoes are rare across the region, especially in May, but fifteen years ago, in 2009, a small tornado briefly dropped out of a strong thunderstorm as it moved through the village of...

May 8, 2024

Sunrise: 5:32 AM Sunset: 8:02 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 30 minutes This date in 1803 made quite an impression on those living in southern Vermont and New Hampshire. A cold rain turned to snow as a storm tracked through the Ohio Valley, then up the east coast....

May 7, 2024

Sunrise: 5:33 AM Sunset: 8:01 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 28 minutes 27 years ago on this date in 1997, it was snowing! A very slow start to spring was thrown for yet another loop as snow piled up over the higher elevations. 2.5 inches fell in Kirby, VT, with 4...