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...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 21, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:26 AM Sunset: 8:27 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 1 minutes The first of two tornadoes or severe storms let loose on the town of Enosburg Falls, Vermont on this date in 1907. Although information learned about tornadoes in the past few decades could...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 20, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:25 AM Sunset: 8:28 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 3 minutes On this date in 1977 records and ice cream were melting rapidly. Both Burlington and St. Johnsbury topped out at 99 degrees, while Montpelier set its July record of 97 degrees. The heat was...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 19, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:24 AM Sunset: 8:28 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 4 minutes Dusting off the records books on this date in 1850, heavy rains caused serious flooding through southern and southwestern Vermont, into the Berkshires of Massachusetts. A tropical storm...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 18, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:23 AM Sunset: 8:29 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 6 minutes On this date in 1953, people were beginning to look for ways to beat the heat. A brief but intense heat wave climaxed on the 18th and 19th. Both Cornwall and Wilder, VT topped out at 100...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 17, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:22 AM Sunset: 8:30 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 8 minutes Very dry and very warm weather was testing many wells on this date, in 1966. Long-term drought is a rarity in New England, but from 1961 through 1966, precipitation was well below normal....
