by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:06 AM 8:35 PM 15 hours and 29 minutes A week of heavy rains from the 5th to the 12th, 2002, forced rivers and streams into full flood over northern Vermont, with river levels reaching their highest in more than a quarter century in the Northeast Kingdom. Rainfall...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:06 AM 8:36 PM 15 hours and 30 minutes On this date in 1806, a total solar eclipse darkened the midday hours of central New England. Totality lasted about 3 minutes and 50 seconds in Bennington. The area of totality included Bennington and Windham counties, and...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:06 AM 8:38 PM 15 hours and 32 minutes Yes, today is the first day of summer on the calendars, known also as Midsummer’s Day, though it seems like neither the first day of summer, nor the middle. Although the summer solstice marks the date when the Sun is...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:07 AM 8:38 PM 15 hours and 31 minutes On this date in 1988, following record heat in the middle of the month, cold air sent the mercury down into the 30s, setting a record low in Montpelier at 39. Elsewhere it dropped to 36 in Morrisville, 35 in Chelsea, and chilly...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:09 AM 8:38 PM 15 hours and 29 minutes On this date in 1998, heavy rains had swollen the Mad River beyond its banks. Rainfall of 4 inches or more in the mountains surrounding the Mad River caused the worst flooding there since the Great Flood of 1927. Elsewhere...
