by FLEK Admin | May 24, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:15 AM Sunset: 8:20 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 5 minutes Early season heat gets to be more common by the last week of May. The ground, the lakes, and the ocean are slow to warm up, but by now, most record highs reach 90 degrees or more. Such is the...
by FLEK Admin | May 23, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:16 AM Sunset: 8:19 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 3 minutes Heat waves are a select group in May, though getting 90 degree weather does happen about once every 4 to 5 years. The heat was still simmering in Burlington on this date in 1977. After setting...
by FLEK Admin | May 22, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:17 AM Sunset: 8:18 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 1 minutes The first heat wave of a hot summer was underway on this date in 1911. Temperatures warmed quickly to the 70s and 80s during the first three weeks of May. Then, starting on the 21st,...
by FLEK Admin | May 21, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:17 AM Sunset: 8:17 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 0 minutes Cold fronts can still pack a wallop this time of year, but you’d be hard pressed to find a more dramatic change than what happened this week back in 1906. The temperature soared to 92 in...
by FLEK Admin | May 20, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:18 AM Sunset: 8:16 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 58 minutes Snow fell heavily on this date in 1892 in central Vermont. Strafford, VT noted 16 inches of snow through the 21st, with up to 28 inches on the higher elevations. North Bridgewater had 30...
by FLEK Admin | May 19, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:19 AM Sunset: 8:15 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 56 minutes On this date in 1883, Vermont experienced its worst forest fire in the state’s history in the vicinity of Groton. And looking back over 200 years ago in 1780, smoke from fires was...
