by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:30 AM 8:23 PM 14 hours and 53 minutes Torrential downpours from thunderstorms focused on the Ottauquechee Valley on this date in 1859. Flooding was reported to be the highest since 1811 according to a Woodstock newspaper. The next day a reported tornado caused some...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:32 AM 8:21 PM 14 hours and 49 minutes Weather events during the past decade have made many of us aware of the localized nature of summer rains, including the floods of 1998 in the Mad River Valley, and 2002 in the Passumpsic Valley. What appear to be isolated...
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
5:37 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
5:33 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...
