by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:09 AM 7:34 PM 13 hours and 25 minutes Today is the anniversary of the severe flooding from Tropical Storm Irene. Torrential rains of 4 to 8 inches fell in 24 hours. The ground was saturated from a summer of heavy rains, and the water rushed unrestrained through...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:26 AM 8:27 PM 15 hours and 1 minutes The first of two tornadoes or severe storms let loose on the town of Enosburg Falls, Vermont on this date in 1907. Although information learned about tornadoes in the past few decades could give us better insight, we can simply...
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
5:44 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
5:34 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,...
