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DAY LENGTH JANUARY 1, 2000
8 hours 54 minutes

WARMEST NEW YEAR'S DAY: 56°AT BURLINGTON IN 1966
COLDEST NEW YEAR'S DAY: -17° AT BURLINGTON IN 1970
SNOWIEST NEW YEAR'S DAY: 14.5" AT BURLINGTON IN 1961
US Naval Observatory
Sun and Moon Data
JANUARY 1, 2000
in Burlington, VT
Sunrise
7:30 a.m.
Sunset
4:24 p.m.
Moonrise
2:34 a.m.

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National Weather Service in Burlington reports these records for January 1 as of 2000:
NORMAL
12°F to 28°F
Average 20°F
RECORD HIGH
56°F in 1966
RECORD LOW
-17°F in 1970
NORMAL PRECIPITATION
0.07"
MOST PRECIPITATION
1.46" in 1945
MOST SNOW
14.5" in 1961

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THE VERMONT WEATHER BOOK by David Ludlum (Vermont Historical Society, 1996) lists the following Historic Weather Events for January 1:

January 1, 1970
Cold morning throughout the state: -24° at Cornwall, -19° at Woodstock and Chelsea; -17° at Burlington and Rutland.

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