by FLEK Admin | Sep 8, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:21 AM Sunset: 7:14 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 53 minutes After a relatively cool summer, on this date in 1945 a late-season heat wave was in progress. It started on the 6th when temperatures reached the upper 80s to low 90s, then peaked on the 7th...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 7, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:20 AM Sunset: 7:16 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 56 minutes It was on this date in 1953 that September’s most notable heat wave ended with a soaking rain. The Northeast Kingdom caught the brunt of a weather front slowing down over the region, with rain...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 6, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:19 AM Sunset: 7:17 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 58 minutes September is the most active month in the tropics. The remnants of a tropical storm made it into the weather records on this date in 1979. Former Hurricane David brought gusty winds of 50 mph,...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 5, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:18 AM Sunset: 7:19 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 1 minutes An early frost snuck in under the cover of night on this date in 1963, re-writing a few entries in the record books, and ending the growing season a little earlier than some gardeners had...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 4, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:17 AM Sunset: 7:21 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 4 minutes One of the earlier records of weather in Vermont is that of General Martin’s field notes. David Ludlum’s “Vermont Weather Book” notes that in this date in 1828, General Martin indicated 9.7...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 3, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:15 AM Sunset: 7:23 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 8 minutes Tremendous damage was noted from lightning strikes on this date in 1904. According to David Ludlum’s Vermont Weather Book, two barns in Benson were struck and burned, as well as in East...
