March 24, 2025

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, 2025

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, 2025

Sunrise: 6:50 AM Sunset: 7:05 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 15 minutes The first days of spring can easily revert to their winter habits. Last year, 2024 delivered the second heavy snowstorm of the month, dumping 1 to 2 feet of snow across most of VT and NH....

March 21, 2025

Sunrise: 6:52 AM Sunset: 7:04 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 12 minutes Thirteen years ago, March 2012 was the warmest on record for most locations. The warmest First Day of Spring saw thermometers climb to 80 or more, the earliest it has reached 80 degrees on...

March 20, 2025

Sunrise: 6:53 AM Sunset: 7:03 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 10 minutes Like something out of modern-day politics, the election of Thomas Jefferson in March 1801, the first change in party leadership in the U.S., became a scapegoat, blaming Jefferson for the...

March 19, 2025

Sunrise: 6:55 AM Sunset: 7:01 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 6 minutes The second of two heavy rains fell on this date in 1936, resulting in the worst all-New England flooding on record. The combination of rainfall of 3 to 6 inches, and melting of a water-laden...