by FLEK Admin | May 10, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:29 AM Sunset: 8:05 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 36 minutes On this date in 1880, Island Pond, VT was hit by a violent thunderstorm with damaging winds. There is no way to know whether it was a tornado or just strong thunderstorm winds, though no other...
by FLEK Admin | May 9, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:31 AM Sunset: 8:04 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 33 minutes Tornadoes are rare across the region, especially in May, however on this date in 2009, a small tornado briefly dropped out of a strong thunderstorm as it moved through the village of...
by FLEK Admin | May 8, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:32 AM Sunset: 8:02 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 30 minutes This date in 1803 made quite an impression on those living in southern Vermont and New Hampshire. A cold rain turned to snow as a storm tracked through the Ohio Valley, then up the east coast....
by FLEK Admin | May 7, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:33 AM Sunset: 8:01 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 28 minutes 28 years ago on this date in 1997, it was snowing! A very slow start to spring was thrown for yet another loop as snow piled up over the higher elevations. 2.5 inches fell in Kirby, VT, with 4...
by FLEK Admin | May 6, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:34 AM Sunset: 8:00 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 26 minutes Fourteen years ago on this date, 2011, tremendous snow melt and spring rains pushed Lake Champlain to its highest level since records began in the 1820s. The lake was 3.27 feet above flood...
by FLEK Admin | May 5, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:36 AM Sunset: 7:59 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 23 minutes A late season nor’easter was finishing up on this date, over 200 years ago in 1812. Rain changed to snow as far south as Philadelphia, while the higher elevations in southern Vermont...
