by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:15 AM 7:23 PM 13 hours and 8 minutes Tremendous damage was noted from lightning strikes on this date in 1904. According to David Ludlum’s Vermont Weather Book, two barns in Benson were struck and burned, as well as in East Fairfield, where one barn survived. One...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:13 AM 7:26 PM 13 hours and 13 minutes September arrives with summer still in place, both on the calendar, and according to the weather records fifteen years ago on this date, in 2010. A week of temperatures in the upper 80s and low 90s included record highs of 92 in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:14 AM 7:25 PM 13 hours and 11 minutes On this date in 1967, cold air was putting an end to gardens in the colder mountain valleys in the north. Bristol, VT reported 32, West Burke dropped to 30, and Grafton, NH bottomed out at 29. The coldest report came from North...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:10 AM 7:32 PM 13 hours and 22 minutes The second of three tropical weather systems was sweeping across the region on this date in 1893. Taking a track from Lake Ontario to Montreal to northern Maine, the passage of the storm to the north limited rainfall, although...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:17 AM 7:21 PM 13 hours and 4 minutes One of the earlier records of weather in Vermont is that of General Martin’s field notes. David Ludlum’s “Vermont Weather Book” notes that in this date in 1828, General Martin indicated 9.7 inches of rain from the 2nd to the 4th,...
