by FLEK Admin | Jul 16, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:21 AM Sunset: 8:31 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 10 minutes On this date in 1997 the sun came out to reveal a scene of terrible destruction. St. Swithin’s Day rains severely flooded portions of northwestern Vermont, particularly the community of...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 15, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:21 AM Sunset: 8:32 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 11 minutes It is St. Swithin’s Day – whom some have coined as the Patron Saint of weather people due to the weather saying associated with him – “If it rains on St. Swithin’s Day, it will...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 14, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:20 AM Sunset: 8:32 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 12 minutes Blistering heat was the story on this date, more than a quarter of a century ago, in 1995. Following a very hot June, July topped that performance. The high temperatures reached the upper 90s...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 13, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:19 AM Sunset: 8:33 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 14 minutes July of 1962 continued its frenetic behavior on this date with heavy rains from thunderstorms. Scattered frost on the 6th was followed just a few days later by tornadoes near Chester,...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 12, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:18 AM Sunset: 8:33 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 15 minutes Some of July’s coldest weather took place on this date in 1898. Strong high pressure dropping south from Canada raised the barometric reading to 30.50 inches in Brattleboro. Early morning...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 11, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:17 AM Sunset: 8:34 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 17 minutes Going back through the records books we note a tornado or severe thunderstorm on this date in 1864. Damage, in the form of a church steeple and some structural damage to some buildings in...