by FLEK Admin | Jul 27, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:32 AM Sunset: 8:21 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 49 minutes Weather events during the past decade have made many of us aware of the localized nature of summer rains, including the floods of 1998 in the Mad River Valley, and 2002 in the Passumpsic...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 26, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:31 AM Sunset: 8:22 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 51 minutes The first of two surges of heat were noted on this date in 1917, as the temperature reached 94 in St. Johnsbury and 90 in Burlington, and would climb again into the 90s by the end of the week....
by FLEK Admin | Jul 25, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:30 AM Sunset: 8:23 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 53 minutes Torrential downpours from thunderstorms focused on the Ottauquechee Valley on this date in 1859. Flooding was reported to be the highest since 1811 according to a Woodstock newspaper. The next...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 24, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:29 AM Sunset: 8:24 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 55 minutes Searching back through the records books to 1830, tremendous rains from the 24th through the 26th produced one of Vermont’s most dramatic flood events. Zadock Thompson’s records from that time...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 23, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:28 AM Sunset: 8:25 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 57 minutes Today is the peak of summer, at least judging by the crest of the warmest average temperatures of the year. This is just over 4 weeks after the longest day of the year, during which the...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 22, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:27 AM Sunset: 8:26 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 59 minutes On this date in 1811, a phenomenal amount of rain from thunderstorms doused portions of Rutland and Windsor counties. Rain gauges were rare, and reports even more so; however estimates of rain...
