October 18, 2025

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....

October 17, 2025

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...

October 16, 2025

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...

October 15, 2025

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...

October 14, 2025

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...

October 13, 2025

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...