by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:37 AM 8:16 PM 14 hours and 39 minutes Hot weather in July, of course that’s no surprise. July averages the greatest number of days with 90 or above – a total of five at most locations in the valleys – not exactly staggering. That’s why heat waves perhaps...
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...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:39 AM 8:13 PM 14 hours and 34 minutes Scorching heat baked all of New England on this date in 1975. Coined “Hot Saturday” by weather historian David Ludlum, it reached 95 degrees or better at nearly all reporting stations, including 99 at Burlington, 100 degrees in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:40 AM 8:12 PM 14 hours and 32 minutes Just over a century ago on this date, in 1923, Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office in Plymouth, VT. David Ludlum, the author of the Vermont Weather Book, and expert on weather history, notes that the weather in Northfield...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:34 AM 8:18 PM 14 hours and 44 minutes On this date in 1883 a great aurora was seen across the northeast. This was near the peak of sunspots during the 1880s, part of the Sun’s 11 year cycle. In the current Sun’s cycle we are also near the maximum number of sunspots,...
