April 13, 2024

Sunrise: 6:10 AM Sunset: 7:32 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 22 minutes An unprecedented early spring was underway on this date in 1945. Warm weather in March had already done in the sugaring season. Temperatures climbed into the 80s for several days, including 84...

April 12, 2024

Sunrise: 6:12 AM Sunset: 7:31 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 19 minutes Wet snow fell heavily over the north and the mountains on this date in 1992. 8 inches was measured in Newport, 6 in St. Albans, and 4 inches in Burlington. Guildhall, VT and Colebrook, NH had...

April 11, 2024

Sunrise: 6:14 AM Sunset: 7:30 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 16 minutes Although the character of spring includes damp ground and mud season, it is the spring when forest fire danger is at its annual maximum here in northern New England, northern New York, and...

April 10, 2024

Sunrise: 6:15 AM Sunset: 7:29 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 14 minutes March of 1945 was the warmest on record up until that time. Not surprisingly, poor sugaring was noted. And on this date in 1945 the warmth extended into the month of April. Burlington began a...

April 9, 2024

Sunrise: 6:17 AM Sunset: 7:27 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 10 minutes Spring has usually made some type of appearance by now, but “April brings along what March left behind” as the old adage goes. For example, on this date in 1956, the snow was still piling up...

April 8, 2024

Sunrise: 6:19 AM Sunset: 7:26 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 7 minutes April’s reputation for changeable weather is legendary, thanks in part to this wonderful quote from Mark Twain. He said the weather “gets through more business in Spring than in any other...