by FLEK Admin | Feb 3, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:06 AM Sunset: 5:03 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 57 minutes We were in the midst of a very long siege of cold weather during the first week of February, 1961. Starting on January 10th, and continuing through February 9th, West Burke, VT’s...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 2, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:07 AM Sunset: 5:01 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 54 minutes Ground Hog Day finds its roots in ancient times, marking the half-way point between the first day of winter and the first day of spring. On this date in 1979, West Burke, VT began a stretch of...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 1, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:08 AM Sunset: 5:00 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 52 minutes Just as the clock struck midnight on this date in 1920, Northfield, VT set the state record for the highest barometric reading, that of 31.14 inches. High pressure in the winter is invariably...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 31, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:09 AM Sunset: 4:59 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 50 minutes Because the thermometer drops below zero more times in January than any other month, many of us perform that morning ritual of looking at the thermometer to check the temperature. The red...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 30, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:10 AM Sunset: 4:57 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 47 minutes One to two feet of snow blanketed the region on this date in 1990, the second storm in a week, after a very mild start to the month resulting in a very thin snow cover on the hills, and much...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 29, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:11 AM Sunset: 4:56 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 45 minutes Following 1816’s Year Without A Summer, the fall was mild, lasting into early January, 1817. But starting mid-month, cold and snowy weather began a six week siege that would make February of...
