by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:09 AM 8:38 PM 15 hours and 29 minutes On this date in 1998, heavy rains had swollen the Mad River beyond its banks. Rainfall of 4 inches or more in the mountains surrounding the Mad River caused the worst flooding there since the Great Flood of 1927. Elsewhere...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:06 AM 8:38 PM 15 hours and 32 minutes Yes, today is the first day of summer on the calendars, known also as Midsummer’s Day, though it seems like neither the first day of summer, nor the middle. Although the summer solstice marks the date when the Sun is...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:07 AM 8:38 PM 15 hours and 31 minutes Summer may be underway, but that doesn’t mean all tomatoes are automatically safe. Over a century ago on this date, in 1918, the second of two frosty mornings in a row was recorded in many of the colder valleys. St....
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:07 AM 8:38 PM 15 hours and 31 minutes A tremendous hailstorm occurred on this date in 1906. Following some frosty weather 10 days before, thunderstorms in Chelsea, VT produced a swath of hail about 1 mile wide and 10 miles long. In places the hail piled upwards of 1...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:08 AM 8:38 PM 15 hours and 30 minutes According to David Ludlum’s “Vermont Weather Book”, 75 years ago, Bennington was struck by hail on this date in 1950, with diameters of 1 to 2 inches. That in itself is noteworthy, but what makes it even more interesting is that...
