March 27, 2024

Sunrise: 6:41 AM Sunset: 7:11 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 30 minutes The winter of 1912-13 was mild with little snow. Though most floods this time of year are enhanced by snow melt, a flood on this date in 1913 came after 3 days of soaking rains, including 3.72...

March 26, 2024

Sunrise: 6:42 AM Sunset: 7:10 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 28 minutes March walks that thin line between seasons, so we can go from mild to wild a short order, as was the case on this date in 1847. Temperatures of near 40 and rain developing soon turned to snow...

March 25, 2024

Sunrise: 6:44 AM Sunset: 7:09 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 25 minutes Warm weather can really flex its muscles this time of year, thanks to a sun that is as strong as early September. On this date in 1987, in spite of a deep snow cover of a foot or more outside...

March 24, 2024

Sunrise: 6:46 AM Sunset: 7:08 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 22 minutes The 1820s were the warmest decade of the 19th century. What snow had fallen was melting, adding to the heavy rains on this date in 1826 to result in severe flooding on the Connecticut, West,...

March 23, 2024

Sunrise: 6:48 AM Sunset: 7:06 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 18 minutes If you’ve March in January, you’ll have January in March, or so the old saying goes. Certainly there was cause to complain on this date in 1934, when a late season cold spell sent...

March 22, 2024

Sunrise: 6:50 AM Sunset: 7:05 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 15 minutes Late winter storm’s are very much a part of early spring weather. And it was on this date in 1998 that we were shoveling and digging out of such a storm. A storm in the Ohio Valley gave...