2023-08-08

Sunrise: 5:46 AM Sunset: 8:05 PM Length of the day: 14 hours 1 minutes Dry weather during the summer of 1909 resulted in wide swings of temperatures, both daily as well as during the month. On this date thermometers raced from a comfortable 58 degrees in the morning...

2023-08-07

Sunrise: 5:44 AM Sunset: 8:07 PM Length of the day: 14 hours 1 minutes On this date in 1918, many thermometers hovered near the century mark during a brief but blistering heat wave. Earlier that week, temperatures dropped to the 30s on the 4th. By the 7th and 8th the...

2023-08-06

Sunrise: 5:43 AM Sunset: 8:08 PM Length of the day: 14 hours 1 minutes Flash flooding struck portions of the northern Green Mountains on this date in 1995, the only significant rain in a very dry summer. Official rainfall reports of 6.5 inches in Morrisville and a...

2023-08-05

Sunrise: 5:42 AM Sunset: 8:10 PM Length of the day: 14 hours 1 minutes Stifling heat on this date in 1955 pushed the thermometers to 95 in Burlington, and a toasty 103 in Windham, New Hampshire. Naturally a cool and refreshing rain would be a welcomed end to excessive...

2023-08-04

Sunrise: 5:41 AM Sunset: 8:11 PM Length of the day: 14 hours 1 minutes With average temperatures near their maximum this time of year, there’s lots of energy available for strong thunderstorms, like those that struck on this date in 1992. Severe thunderstorms produced...

2023-08-03

Sunrise: 5:40 AM Sunset: 8:12 PM Length of the day: 14 hours 1 minutes One century ago on this date, in 1923, that Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office in Plymouth, VT. David Ludlum, the author of the Vermont Weather Book, and expert on weather history, notes that...