by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:29 AM 7:01 PM 12 hours and 32 minutes A tremendously cold blast of arrived on this date in 1859, with snow squalls noted in Franklin Fairbanks weather records. The temperature fell to 31 degrees by 9 PM that evening. In the Connecticut River valley, Lunenburg saw...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:27 AM 7:04 PM 12 hours and 37 minutes A brief but blistering hot spell is found in the record books on this date in 1948, when thermometers soared to 92 in both St. Johnsbury and in Burlington. This was the end of a long spell of warm and dry weather, marked by a...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:22 AM 7:12 PM 12 hours and 50 minutes A tremendous severe weather outbreak occurred on this date in 1821. Rutland county was hit hard with large hail in Brandon, reported to 3 inches in diameter. Great wind damage in Hubbardton and Pittsford, possibly from a...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:20 AM 7:16 PM 12 hours and 56 minutes It was on this date in 1953 that September’s most notable heat wave ended with a soaking rain. The Northeast Kingdom caught the brunt of a weather front slowing down over the region, with rain buckets measuring 2.64 inches in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:15 AM 7:23 PM 13 hours and 8 minutes Tremendous damage was noted from lightning strikes on this date in 1904. According to David Ludlum’s Vermont Weather Book, two barns in Benson were struck and burned, as well as in East Fairfield, where one barn survived. One...
