by FLEK Admin | Oct 19, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:10 AM Sunset: 6:00 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 50 minutes One of October’s longest and warmest spells of Gossamer Summer was drawing to a hazy, stagnant close on this date in 1947. For the fourth day in a row, the thermometer reached or exceeded 80...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 18, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:09 AM Sunset: 6:01 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 52 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....
by FLEK Admin | Oct 17, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:08 AM Sunset: 6:03 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 55 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...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 16, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:06 AM Sunset: 6:05 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 59 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...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 15, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:05 AM Sunset: 6:06 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 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...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 14, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:04 AM Sunset: 6:08 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 4 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...
