by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:21 AM 7:14 PM 12 hours and 53 minutes After a relatively cool summer, on this date in 1945 a late-season heat wave was in progress. It started on the 6th when temperatures reached the upper 80s to low 90s, then peaked on the 7th at 94 in Burlington and 92 in St....
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:20 AM 7:16 PM 12 hours and 56 minutes It was on this date in 1953 that September’s most notable heat wave ended with a soaking rain. The Northeast Kingdom caught the brunt of a weather front slowing down over the region, with rain buckets measuring 2.64 inches in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:15 AM 7:23 PM 13 hours and 8 minutes Tremendous damage was noted from lightning strikes on this date in 1904. According to David Ludlum’s Vermont Weather Book, two barns in Benson were struck and burned, as well as in East Fairfield, where one barn survived. One...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:30 AM 6:59 PM 12 hours and 29 minutes A late-season heat-wave from the 15th to the 17th produced mid-summer heat across New England on this date in 1939. East Barnet, VT was baked by afternoon temperatures of 96, St. Johnsbury topped out at 95, while Burlington’s...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:26 AM 7:06 PM 12 hours and 40 minutes Barometers were extremely low on this date in 1960, though that was hardly what people were paying attention to. Hurricane Donna tracked north through New England, from New London, CT to Rumford, ME, placing our listening area...
