by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:59 AM 7:47 PM 13 hours and 48 minutes Looking back to this date in 1955, just one week following heavy rains from the remnants of Hurricane Connie, the remnants of Hurricane Diane sent more heavy rain, but most of northern New England was spared. Only extreme...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:02 AM 7:44 PM 13 hours and 42 minutes During that infamous Summer of 1816, referred to as the “year without a summer”, a sharp cold front on the 21st brought frost to parts of northern and central New England. Thermometers where not common, nor were there any...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:04 AM 7:40 PM 13 hours and 36 minutes On this date in 1893 the first of three tropical storms to affect the region in an unusually busy season. This first storm raced from western tip of Long Island early in the day, and raced northeast to Berlin, NH by late in the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:06 AM 7:37 PM 13 hours and 31 minutes Sweltering heat waves were becoming a common thing across Vermont in the 1940s, in part because of global temperature rises, and in part due to the lack of forest cover at the time. On this date in 1948, yet another heat wave...
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...
