by FLEK Admin | Aug 26, 2023 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:06 AM Sunset: 7:37 PM Length of the day: 13 hours 1 minutes Sweltering heat waves were becoming a common thing across Vermont in the 1940s, in part because of global temperature rises, and in part due to the lack of forest cover at the time. On this date in...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 25, 2023 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:05 AM Sunset: 7:39 PM Length of the day: 13 hours 1 minutes Late August is the time that colder locations expect to see their first taste of frost. Such was the case on this date in 1987, when thermometer dropped to record levels in a few places. Although...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 24, 2023 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:04 AM Sunset: 7:40 PM Length of the day: 13 hours 1 minutes On this date in 1893 the first of three tropical storms to affect the region in an unusually busy season. This first storm raced from western tip of Long Island early in the day, and raced...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 23, 2023 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:03 AM Sunset: 7:42 PM Length of the day: 13 hours 1 minutes On this date in 1988, chilly temperatures set a few records across the region, including 43 in Burlington, 39 degrees in St. Johnsbury, and 37 in Montpelier. Colder spots like Chelsea at 32, and...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 22, 2023 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:02 AM Sunset: 7:44 PM Length of the day: 13 hours 1 minutes During that infamous Summer of 1816, referred to as the “year without a summer”, a sharp cold front on the 21st brought frost to parts of northern and central New England. Thermometers where not...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 21, 2023 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:01 AM Sunset: 7:45 PM Length of the day: 13 hours 1 minutes On this date in 1925, autumn was getting ahead of itself as scattered frost edged into the colder mountain valleys. Somerset, high in the southern Green Mountains dropped to 26. Most other areas...
