by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:06 AM 8:37 PM 15 hours and 31 minutes Some of the hottest weather of the 20th century was scorching our normally temperate region on this date thirty years ago, in 1995. The mercury soared to 100 degrees in Burlington, VT, as well as in North Conway, NH, and did the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:06 AM 8:35 PM 15 hours and 29 minutes Severe weather was taking its toll on Vermont on this date in 1996. Lightning struck and killed one person in Barre, VT. Late in the day and overnight, torrential downpours focused on the town of Grafton, washing out hundreds of...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:06 AM 8:37 PM 15 hours and 31 minutes We were in the midst of a tremendous heatwave 31 years ago, in 1994. Temperatures reached the 90 degree mark or better in most communities on the 16th, and peaked on the 17th and 18th. Burlington and St. Johnsbury, VT both...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:07 AM 8:38 PM 15 hours and 31 minutes Summer may be underway, but that doesn’t mean all tomatoes are automatically safe. Over a century ago on this date, in 1918, the second of two frosty mornings in a row was recorded in many of the colder valleys. St....
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:08 AM 8:38 PM 15 hours and 30 minutes According to David Ludlum’s “Vermont Weather Book”, 75 years ago, Bennington was struck by hail on this date in 1950, with diameters of 1 to 2 inches. That in itself is noteworthy, but what makes it even more interesting is that...
