by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:07 AM 8:33 PM 15 hours and 26 minutes The summer of 1933, famous for the beginnings of the Dust Bowl in the Great Plains, was also hot and dry locally. On this date a heat wave was underway, topping out at 96 degrees in Cornwall, VT in the Champlain basin, and 95 in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:08 AM 8:30 PM 15 hours and 22 minutes A severe frost struck much of the northeast, midwest, and Great Lakes on this date in 1859. Crops were severely damaged in New England, with most of the corn crop forced to by cut down and started again. 7 AM temperatures...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:10 AM 8:27 PM 15 hours and 17 minutes Going back just shy of 40 years ago on this date, in 1986, severe thunderstorms pounded the region with damaging winds and hail. North Hartland and Brookfield both reported 1 inch diameter hail, with 3/4 inch hail falling in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:16 AM 8:19 PM 15 hours and 3 minutes Heat waves are a select group in May, though getting 90 degree weather does happen about once every 4 to 5 years. The heat was still simmering in Burlington on this date in 1977. After setting a record for the month of May the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:17 AM 8:17 PM 15 hours and 0 minutes Cold fronts can still pack a wallop this time of year, but you’d be hard pressed to find a more dramatic change than what happened this week back in 1906. The temperature soared to 92 in St. Johnsbury on the 18th, the...
