by FLEK Admin | Oct 18, 2023 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:09 AM Sunset: 6:01 PM Length of the day: 10 hours 1 minutes On this date in 1783, the second tropical storm system of the month was close enough to bring heavy precipitation, but far enough east to draw cold air from the north into its circulation. This...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 17, 2023 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:08 AM Sunset: 6:03 PM Length of the day: 10 hours 1 minutes “Early winter is surely winter” as the old adage goes. A British-led Mohawk raiding party attacked Royalton, VT on this date in 1780, with mid-winter conditions, including 8 inches of...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 16, 2023 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:06 AM Sunset: 6:05 PM Length of the day: 10 hours 1 minutes Many birds are on the wing this time of year, as insect-eaters are finding the pickings becoming more scarce. Yellow-rumped warblers are joined by song sparrows, flickers, woodcocks, killdeer and...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 15, 2023 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:05 AM Sunset: 6:06 PM Length of the day: 11 hours 1 minutes The north-south orientation of the Champlain valley bounded by relatively high mountains through the Adirondacks and Green Mountains, forces south winds to accelerate through with greater speed....
by FLEK Admin | Oct 14, 2023 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:04 AM Sunset: 6:08 PM Length of the day: 11 hours 1 minutes A lengthy cold snap was underway on this date in 1937. Beginning with the 12th, and lasting through the 17th, thermometers fell into the teens, severely damaging vegetation in southern portions of...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 13, 2023 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:03 AM Sunset: 6:10 PM Length of the day: 11 hours 1 minutes The third in a series of early season snowfalls took place on this date in 1836, bringing snow all the way down into the valleys after the first two just dusted the mountains. Residents of Hanover,...
