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
6:07 AM 7:35 PM 13 hours and 28 minutes On this date in 1989, the morning brought an unusual patch-work of various sheets and blankets and just about anything else you might grab as a surprisingly early frost hit some of the cold spots rather hard. Rochester, VT...
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
5:42 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
5:43 AM 8:08 PM 14 hours and 25 minutes Flash flooding struck portions of the northern Green Mountains on this date in 1995, the only significant rain in a very dry summer. Official rainfall reports of 6.5 inches in Morrisville and a three-day total of 10 inches on...
