by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:07 AM 8:32 PM 15 hours and 25 minutes A very rare June snowstorm struck on this date in 1816, starting what became known as the “Year without a Summer”. According to the newspaper “The North Star” from Danville, Vermont from June of 1816, “on the night of the 7th...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:11 AM 8:25 PM 15 hours and 14 minutes The second hot May in a row was setting records on this date in 1978. Burlington reached 89 or better from the 26th through the end of the month, including records of 92 on the 28th and 89 on the 29th. Chelsea topped out at 93,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:12 AM 8:24 PM 15 hours and 12 minutes On this date in 1775, according to the book, “The History of Keene”, which quoted from the Abner Sanger diary, “Toward Night comes up a Terrible Hurricane Thunder shower. Trees are whirled down in Great...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:13 AM 8:22 PM 15 hours and 9 minutes Fourteen years ago, in 2011, a series of moisture-laden thunderstorms tracking northeast along the Rt. 2 corridor from Barre northeast to St. Johnsbury, unleashed 4 to 7 inches of rain in six hours, resulting in severe flash...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:17 AM 8:18 PM 15 hours and 1 minutes The first heat wave of a hot summer was underway on this date in 1911. Temperatures warmed quickly to the 70s and 80s during the first three weeks of May. Then, starting on the 21st, temperatures reached the 90s, peaking on the...
