by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:10 AM 8:27 PM 15 hours and 17 minutes Going back just shy of 40 years ago on this date, in 1986, severe thunderstorms pounded the region with damaging winds and hail. North Hartland and Brookfield both reported 1 inch diameter hail, with 3/4 inch hail falling in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:16 AM 8:19 PM 15 hours and 3 minutes Heat waves are a select group in May, though getting 90 degree weather does happen about once every 4 to 5 years. The heat was still simmering in Burlington on this date in 1977. After setting a record for the month of May the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:07 AM 8:31 PM 15 hours and 24 minutes Residents of northwestern and central Vermont enjoyed a quiet day 31 years ago on this date, in 1984, but clouds gathered toward dark, followed by thunderstorms that dumped up to 6 inches of rain overnight, from the 6th into the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:07 AM 8:33 PM 15 hours and 26 minutes The summer of 1933, famous for the beginnings of the Dust Bowl in the Great Plains, was also hot and dry locally. On this date a heat wave was underway, topping out at 96 degrees in Cornwall, VT in the Champlain basin, and 95 in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:17 AM 8:18 PM 15 hours and 1 minutes The first heat wave of a hot summer was underway on this date in 1911. Temperatures warmed quickly to the 70s and 80s during the first three weeks of May. Then, starting on the 21st, temperatures reached the 90s, peaking on the...
