March 3, 2024

Sunrise: 6:24 AM Sunset: 5:41 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 17 minutes In most years, March features cycles of freezing and thawing temperatures, favored by maple sugar producers. But this also changes the structure of the remaining snow to “corn...

March 2, 2024

Sunrise: 6:26 AM Sunset: 5:40 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 14 minutes On this date in 1900 the last flakes of one of late-winter’s masterpieces were trickling down after depositing record-breaking snow from the Great Plains to New England. Locally 21...

March 1, 2024

Sunrise: 6:27 AM Sunset: 5:38 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 11 minutes The third of three heavy snowfalls occurred on this date in 1804. Yale University President John Day, likely relying on press reports, noted 4 to 6 feet of snow on the ground throughout New...

February 29, 2024

Sunrise: 6:28 AM Sunset: 5:37 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 9 minutes Leap days are obviously more rare, so weather events of much interest have a much lower chance of occurring on this date. The coldest temperatures on this date occurred in 1980, when it dropped...

February 28, 2024

Sunrise: 6:29 AM Sunset: 5:37 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 8 minutes Temperatures plunged to record levels on this date in 1920, reaching -17 in Burlington, and -30 in St. Johnsbury. It was a fitting finish to a fitful February, starting with record cold on the...

February 27, 2024

Sunrise: 6:31 AM Sunset: 5:36 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 5 minutes Have February’s been getting snowier? Many locations have seen their snowiest February either in 2007, 2008, or 2011, and across southern portions of VT and NH in 2015, 40 to 50 inches....