by FLEK Admin | Jun 17, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:37 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 31 minutes We were in the midst of a tremendous heatwave in 1994. Temperatures reached the 90 degree mark or better in most communities on the 16th, and peaked on the 17th and 18th. Burlington and St....
by FLEK Admin | Jun 16, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:36 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 30 minutes On this date in 1806, a total solar eclipse darkened the midday hours of central New England. Totality lasted about 3 minutes and 50 seconds in Bennington. The area of totality included...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 15, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:36 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 30 minutes The sunrise this morning, and again tomorrow morning, are the earliest of the year, even though we have not quite reached summer. This slight discrepancy is due to our attempts to make time...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 14, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:35 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 29 minutes On this date in 1988, the hottest summer of the second half of the 20th century was getting its first taste of heat. Thermometers soared to a record 94 in Burlington, and 96 in Vernon and...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 13, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:35 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 29 minutes A week of heavy rains from the 5th to the 12th, 2002, forced rivers and streams into full flood over northern Vermont, with river levels reaching their highest in more than a quarter century...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 12, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:35 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 29 minutes Severe weather was taking its toll on Vermont on this date in 1996. Lightning struck and killed one person in Barre, VT. Late in the day and overnight, torrential downpours focused on the town...
