by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:04 AM 7:40 PM 13 hours and 36 minutes On this date in 1893 the first of three tropical storms to affect the region in an unusually busy season. This first storm raced from western tip of Long Island early in the day, and raced northeast to Berlin, NH by late in the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:09 AM 7:34 PM 13 hours and 25 minutes Today is the anniversary of the severe flooding from Tropical Storm Irene. Torrential rains of 4 to 8 inches fell in 24 hours. The ground was saturated from a summer of heavy rains, and the water rushed unrestrained through...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:40 AM 8:12 PM 14 hours and 32 minutes Just over a century ago on this date, in 1923, Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office in Plymouth, VT. David Ludlum, the author of the Vermont Weather Book, and expert on weather history, notes that the weather in Northfield...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:44 AM 8:07 PM 14 hours and 23 minutes On this date in 1918, many thermometers hovered near the century mark during a brief but blistering heat wave. Earlier that week, temperatures dropped to the 30s on the 4th. By the 7th and 8th the mercury soared to 96 in St....
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:41 AM 8:11 PM 14 hours and 30 minutes With average temperatures near their maximum this time of year, there’s lots of energy available for strong thunderstorms, like those that struck on this date in 1992. Severe thunderstorms produced one inch hail near Rutland,...
