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DAY LENGTH DECEMBER 21, 2000
8 hours 50 minutes
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THE WINTER SOLSTICE OCCURRED AT 8:37 A.M. EST ON DECEMBER 21, 2000
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US Naval Observatory
Sun and Moon Data
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DECEMBER 21, 2000
in Burlington, VT
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Sunrise
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7:27 a.m. |
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Sunset
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4:17 p.m. |
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Moonrise
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3:11 a.m. |
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Chinese Solar Term
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WINTER SOLSTICE
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National Weather Service in Burlington reports these records for December 21 as of 2000:
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NORMAL
15°F to 31°F
Average 23°F |
RECORD HIGH
61°F in 1957 |
RECORD LOW
-22°F in 1955 |
NORMAL PRECIPITATION
0.07" |
MOST PRECIPITATION
1.68" in 1973 |
MOST SNOW
7.8" in 1910 |
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December 21, 1905
Shirkshire winds in Bennington Valley. At Manchester, “it was one of the worst known here, several buildings were unroofed, windows broken and barns doors blown off,” W. W. Canfield, weather observer.
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