by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:44 AM 8:07 PM 14 hours and 23 minutes On this date in 1918, many thermometers hovered near the century mark during a brief but blistering heat wave. Earlier that week, temperatures dropped to the 30s on the 4th. By the 7th and 8th the mercury soared to 96 in St....
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:27 AM 8:26 PM 14 hours and 59 minutes On this date in 1811, a phenomenal amount of rain from thunderstorms doused portions of Rutland and Windsor counties. Rain gauges were rare, and reports even more so; however estimates of rain from various containers left open...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:42 AM 8:10 PM 14 hours and 28 minutes Stifling heat on this date in 1955 pushed the thermometers to 95 in Burlington, and a toasty 103 in Windham, New Hampshire. Naturally a cool and refreshing rain would be a welcomed end to excessive heat, but instead, this heat...
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
5:40 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...
