by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:01 AM 7:45 PM 13 hours and 44 minutes On this date in 1925, autumn was getting ahead of itself as scattered frost edged into the colder mountain valleys. Somerset, high in the southern Green Mountains dropped to 26. Most other areas were not so extreme, though I’m...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:51 AM 7:58 PM 14 hours and 7 minutes On this date in 1955 the rains kept coming and coming. It was the remnants of Hurricane Connie, whose dying center was tracking through Pennsylvania into western New York. As the rains finally ended, three day totals ranged from...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:49 AM 8:01 PM 14 hours and 12 minutes On this date in 1949 the hottest summer in northern New England was experiencing the climax of a 5 day heat-wave. Temperatures were in the mid and upper 90s, the hottest being 99 degrees in Cornwall in the Champlain Valley. 1949...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:52 AM 7:57 PM 14 hours and 5 minutes The second peak of August’s greatest heat wave took place on the 14th and 15th of 1944. Wilder, Vermont reached 100 degrees, while St. Johnsbury was not far behind with 98, and Burlington edged up to 97. This was the fourth heat...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 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...
