September 20, 2024

Sunrise: 6:35 AM Sunset: 6:51 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 16 minutes Tornadoes are rare enough here, but on this date in 1845, a tremendous tornado developed near Rochester, NY and churned east across the Adirondacks, finishing this trek as a water spout over...

September 19, 2024

Sunrise: 6:34 AM Sunset: 6:53 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 19 minutes General Martin Field, who compiled weather records over many years from Newfane, VT, noted on this date in 1827, heavy rains began, and when they let up on the 21st, 8 inches of rain had...

September 18, 2024

Sunrise: 6:33 AM Sunset: 6:55 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 22 minutes There are many notes of very smokey air throughout New England from the 10th to the 18th of September in 1908. Forest fires in Canada sent a great deal of smoke south on prevailing northwest...

September 17, 2024

Sunrise: 6:32 AM Sunset: 6:57 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 25 minutes After near record cold on September 13th, 1946, Burlington was starting a string of record highs on this date in 1946. Over the next four days, thermometers would reach 84, 87, 85, and 89...

September 16, 2024

Sunrise: 6:30 AM Sunset: 6:59 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 29 minutes A late-season heat-wave from the 15th to the 17th produced mid-summer heat across New England on this date in 1939. East Barnet, VT was baked by afternoon temperatures of 96, St. Johnsbury...

September 15, 2024

Sunrise: 6:29 AM Sunset: 7:01 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 32 minutes A tremendously cold blast of arrived on this date in 1859, with snow squalls noted in Franklin Fairbanks weather records. The temperature fell to 31 degrees by 9 PM that evening. In the...