by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:40 AM 6:44 PM 12 hours and 4 minutes Cold spells are common during the last week of September, with the average first frosts noted at Montpelier, Newport, Readsboro, Rochester, Rutland, and St. Johnsbury all occurring between today and the weekend. Of course...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:35 AM 6:51 PM 12 hours and 16 minutes Tornadoes are rare enough here, but on this date in 1845, a tremendous tornado developed near Rochester, NY and churned east across the Adirondacks, finishing this trek as a water spout over Lake Champlain, crossing just south...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:12 AM 7:28 PM 13 hours and 16 minutes Until this past April, the last total eclipse of the sun to cross Vermont occurred on this date in 1932. The center of the eclipse dropped southeast from Quebec, through the Northeast Kingdom, over the White Mountains and to the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:27 AM 7:04 PM 12 hours and 37 minutes A brief but blistering hot spell is found in the record books on this date in 1948, when thermometers soared to 92 in both St. Johnsbury and in Burlington. This was the end of a long spell of warm and dry weather, marked by a...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 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...
