by FLEK Admin | Jul 20, 2025 | 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, 2025 | 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, 2025 | 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, 2025 | 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....
by FLEK Admin | Jul 16, 2025 | 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, 2025 | 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...
