October 13, 2024

Sunrise: 7:03 AM Sunset: 6:10 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 7 minutes The third in a series of early season snowfalls took place on this date in 1836, bringing snow all the way down into the valleys after the first two just dusted the mountains. Residents of...

October 12, 2024

Sunrise: 7:01 AM Sunset: 6:11 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 10 minutes Columbus landed in what is now the Bahamas on this date in 1492, and I wanted to note his meteorological connections, as he was the first European to write about a storm, known to the...

October 11, 2024

Sunrise: 7:00 AM Sunset: 6:13 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 13 minutes October and November are frequented by extended intervals of warm weather, sometimes called “Gossamer Summer”. Unlike other times of the year, these spells will set records for...

October 10, 2024

Sunrise: 6:59 AM Sunset: 6:15 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 16 minutes One of the more famous weather events in early New England history transpired on this date in 1804. Known as the Snow Hurricane, perhaps the greatest early season snow in northwestern New...

October 9, 2024

Sunrise: 6:58 AM Sunset: 6:17 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 19 minutes Severe flooding swept through southeast Vermont and western New Hampshire, killing several people on this date in 2005. Rainfall amounts of 6 to 11 inches, the remnants of Tropical Storm...

October 8, 2024

Sunrise: 6:56 AM Sunset: 6:18 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 22 minutes A most unusual late-season surge of summer-time warmth was just beginning on this date in 1909. Readings climbed to the upper 70s and low 80s, heading for their peak on the 10th, when...