by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:39 AM 8:13 PM 14 hours and 34 minutes Scorching heat baked all of New England on this date in 1975. Coined “Hot Saturday” by weather historian David Ludlum, it reached 95 degrees or better at nearly all reporting stations, including 99 at Burlington, 100 degrees in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:40 AM 8:12 PM 14 hours and 32 minutes Just over a century ago on this date, in 1923, Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office in Plymouth, VT. David Ludlum, the author of the Vermont Weather Book, and expert on weather history, notes that the weather in Northfield...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:41 AM 8:11 PM 14 hours and 30 minutes With average temperatures near their maximum this time of year, there’s lots of energy available for strong thunderstorms, like those that struck on this date in 1992. Severe thunderstorms produced one inch hail near Rutland,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:28 AM 8:25 PM 14 hours and 57 minutes Today is the peak of summer, at least judging by the crest of the warmest average temperatures of the year. This is just over 4 weeks after the longest day of the year, during which the sunlight has decreased by more than a half...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:43 AM 8:08 PM 14 hours and 25 minutes Flash flooding struck portions of the northern Green Mountains on this date in 1995, the only significant rain in a very dry summer. Official rainfall reports of 6.5 inches in Morrisville and a three-day total of 10 inches on...
