January 8, 2025

Sunrise: 7:25 AM Sunset: 4:29 PM Length of the 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,...

January 7, 2025

Sunrise: 7:25 AM Sunset: 4:28 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 3 minutes Some January thaws feature a gentle breeze and pleasant spells of sunshine, as was the case on this date in 1936, thermometers reaching the 50s. But on this same date in 1841, the Connecticut...

January 6, 2025

Sunrise: 7:26 AM Sunset: 4:27 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 1 minutes It was on this date in 1856 that the only significant snowfall of the month occurred, and less than 6 inches in northern Vermont and New Hampshire, ranging closer to a foot along the New...

January 5, 2025

Sunrise: 7:26 AM Sunset: 4:26 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 0 minutes One of the coldest winters of the 19th century was that of 1834-35. On this date the severest of the cold that winter sent temperatures well below zero, freezing mercury thermometers at -40,...

January 4, 2025

Sunrise: 7:26 AM Sunset: 4:25 PM Length of the day: 8 hours and 59 minutes A tremendous arctic outbreak was at its greatest on this date in 1981. Readings were below zero throughout the day in most locations. Concord, NH was representative of southern areas with a low...

January 3, 2025

Sunrise: 7:26 AM Sunset: 4:24 PM Length of the day: 8 hours and 58 minutes Fifteen years ago, the Great Snow of 2010 buried western VT with 2 to 3 feet of snow on this date. A storm drifting west from the Atlantic forced a persistent feed of moisture through the...