Skywatch Almanac Weather Blog

June eases from spring to summer, delivering some of the longest, finest days of the year.  Although a dreary day comes in now and again, much of the weather has become a local affair.  Showers and thunderstorms skip about to soak one farm, and leave another bone-dry.  But ...

May is nearly as busy as April in the variety of weather gyrations to be expected. Most Mays record at least a few snowflakes, and about every 5 to 10 years some accumulating snow. Likewise, temperatures approaching 90 occur once or twice in a ...

No other month has contributed so richly to New England's reputation for changeable weather as has April.  With the strength of the sunshine now equaling that of August, and the lingering cold refrigerated by the ice and snow near Hudson Bay, just about anything is possible.  This ...

Winter's reign is at an end, but most years will not see it go quietly. The sun is as strong as that of September, while the remnants of arctic cold linger across Canada. Should they collide in just the right fashion with mild spring rains heading ...

February, you might say, is a case of the sun being willing, but the body of the winter just isn't ready. Each day brings the sun a little higher, and lasting a little longer in the sky. The same snow that fell in December, leaving the ...

With December's experimentation in winter now over, there can be little doubt that this is winter's stronghold. The time-worn adage "as the days lengthen, the cold strengthens" gets its inspiration from this month, for daylight increases nearly 50 minutes, but average temperatures drop to their lowest levels ...

The longest nights of the year welcome the return of Orion, rising earlier each evening, and dominating the eastern sky, often identified by his line of three “belt” stars. Extending this line to the upper right leads to the red star Aldebaran, the eye of Taurus, the ...