Sunrise: 7:26 AM
Sunset: 4:22 PM

Length of the day:
8 hours and 56 minutes

The coldest January of the modern era in most of northern New England didn’t waste any time getting started on this date in 1970. Following the tremendous post-Christmas storm, arctic air was almost without relent much of the month. Readings New Years Day included -17 in Burlington, VT, -20 in Lancaster, NH, and -24 in Cornwall, VT.