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...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 14, 2025 | 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, thirty years ago, in 1995. Following a very hot June, July topped that performance. The high temperatures reached the upper 90s to near 100,...
