January 12, 2026

Sunrise: 7:24 AM Sunset: 4:34 PM Length of day: 9 hours and 10 minutes A warm, thawing rain melted a very thin covering of snow on this date in 1980, delaying the arrival of steady snow cover until the 20th, the latest on modern records. Record temperatures for this...

January 11, 2026

Sunrise: 7:24 AM Sunset: 4:33 PM Length of day: 9 hours and 9 minutes The 10th and 11th of January, 1859 were among the coldest days of the 19th century. The temperature on the UVM campus on Professor Petty’s thermometer read -26 at 2 PM, and the intensity of the cold...

January 10, 2026

Sunrise: 7:25 AM Sunset: 4:31 PM Length of day: 9 hours and 6 minutes One of the most intense cold waves on modern record was in progress on this date in 1968. Subzero temperatures stretched over 5 consecutive days in Burlington resulting in the earliest freezing over...

January 9, 2026

Sunrise: 7:25 AM Sunset: 4:30 PM Length of day: 9 hours and 5 minutes On this date in 1866, Craftsbury, VT finally rose above zero for the first time in 6 days. A push of arctic air arrived on the night of the 4th, but rather than extremely low numbers, this frigid...

January 8, 2026

Sunrise: 7:25 AM Sunset: 4:29 PM Length of day: 9 hours and 4 minutes Over a quarter century ago, Vermont’s most severe ice storm in history was underway on this date, in 1998. By the time it was over, 2 to 5 inches of ice throughout the Champlain Valley, and at...

January 8, 2026

Sunrise: 7:25 AM Sunset: 4:29 PM Length of day: 9 hours and 4 minutes Over a quarter century ago, Vermont’s most severe ice storm in history was underway on this date, in 1998. By the time it was over, 2 to 5 inches of ice throughout the Champlain Valley, and at...