by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:32 AM 6:57 PM 12 hours and 25 minutes After near record cold on September 13th, 1946, Burlington was starting a string of record highs on this date in 1946. Over the next four days, thermometers would reach 84, 87, 85, and 89 degrees, summer hanging on until the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:10 AM 7:32 PM 13 hours and 22 minutes The second of three tropical weather systems was sweeping across the region on this date in 1893. Taking a track from Lake Ontario to Montreal to northern Maine, the passage of the storm to the north limited rainfall, although...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:26 AM 7:06 PM 12 hours and 40 minutes Barometers were extremely low on this date in 1960, though that was hardly what people were paying attention to. Hurricane Donna tracked north through New England, from New London, CT to Rumford, ME, placing our listening area...
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...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:19 AM 7:17 PM 12 hours and 58 minutes September is the most active month in the tropics. The remnants of a tropical storm made it into the weather records on this date in 1979. Former Hurricane David brought gusty winds of 50 mph, and heavy rains, greatest in the...
