by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:22 AM 8:30 PM 15 hours and 8 minutes Very dry and very warm weather was testing many wells on this date, in 1966. Long-term drought is a rarity in New England, but from 1961 through 1966, precipitation was well below normal. Adding to the stress was a stretch of 26...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:24 AM 8:28 PM 15 hours and 4 minutes Dusting off the records books on this date in 1850, heavy rains caused serious flooding through southern and southwestern Vermont, into the Berkshires of Massachusetts. A tropical storm tracking north from Chesapeake Bay into...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:21 AM 8:32 PM 15 hours and 11 minutes It is St. Swithin’s Day – whom some have coined as the Patron Saint of weather people due to the weather saying associated with him – “If it rains on St. Swithin’s Day, it will rain 40 days more”. Legend has it that...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:17 AM 8:34 PM 15 hours and 17 minutes An unfortunate anniversary flood took place last year, 2024, on this date, exactly one year after the devastating flood of July 2023. The remnants of Hurricane Beryl, enhanced by a slow-moving weather front extending from...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:16 AM 8:35 PM 15 hours and 19 minutes Widespread severe weather pounded the region on this date in 2007. Damaging thunderstorm winds in many towns along the I-89 corridor. Hail the size of tennis balls in Duxbury, VT. 4 inches of rain in Waterbury Center, VT with...
