by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:31 AM 8:22 PM 14 hours and 51 minutes The first of two surges of heat were noted on this date in 1917, as the temperature reached 94 in St. Johnsbury and 90 in Burlington, and would climb again into the 90s by the end of the week. Although the heat set a few daily...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:33 AM 8:19 PM 14 hours and 46 minutes Summer is the wettest season in northern New England thanks to the higher humidity available to thunderstorms. On this date in 1913 St. Johnsbury recorded its wettest 24 hours of the 20th century, as thunderstorms with...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:37 AM 8:16 PM 14 hours and 39 minutes Hot weather in July, of course that’s no surprise. July averages the greatest number of days with 90 or above – a total of five at most locations in the valleys – not exactly staggering. That’s why heat waves perhaps...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:34 AM 8:18 PM 14 hours and 44 minutes On this date in 1883 a great aurora was seen across the northeast. This was near the peak of sunspots during the 1880s, part of the Sun’s 11 year cycle. In the current Sun’s cycle we are also near the maximum number of sunspots,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:38 AM 8:15 PM 14 hours and 37 minutes If you think it is chilly some summer morning, consider the following. In Randolph, VT, William Nutting wrote in his weather diary, “kept a fire in the office all day”, and noting a maximum of only 50 degrees on this date in...
