by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:11 AM 8:37 PM 15 hours and 26 minutes Dr. Hiram Cutting of Lunenburg, VT recorded many interesting weather events, including the following from Victory, VT on this date in 1842. A very strong and apparently noisy tornado swept through the little town in Essex...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:12 AM 8:37 PM 15 hours and 25 minutes “As hot as the 4th of July” is a common saying – sometimes even used to describe our seasons as “winter and the 4th of July”. Certainly the heat wave that climaxed on this date in 1911 added greatly to its reputation. The...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:21 AM 8:32 PM 15 hours and 11 minutes It is St. Swithin’s Day – whom some have coined as the Patron Saint of weather people due to the weather saying associated with him – “If it rains on St. Swithin’s Day, it will rain 40 days more”. Legend has it that...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:22 AM 8:30 PM 15 hours and 8 minutes Very dry and very warm weather was testing many wells on this date, in 1966. Long-term drought is a rarity in New England, but from 1961 through 1966, precipitation was well below normal. Adding to the stress was a stretch of 26...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:23 AM 8:29 PM 15 hours and 6 minutes On this date in 1953, people were beginning to look for ways to beat the heat. A brief but intense heat wave climaxed on the 18th and 19th. Both Cornwall and Wilder, VT topped out at 100 degrees, while Bellows Falls reached 102...
