by FLEK Admin | May 13, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:26 AM Sunset: 8:08 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 42 minutes Severe weather is not common across our region at any time of year, and when it does occur it’s most likely to be in mid-summer. But on this date in 1866, a powerful thunderstorm unleashed a...
by FLEK Admin | May 12, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:27 AM Sunset: 8:07 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 40 minutes You might want to be careful, or at least consider the following, when locating your thermometer. The standard height for observing the temperature is five feet, but in a study done at UVM a...
by FLEK Admin | May 11, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:28 AM Sunset: 8:06 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 38 minutes In 1945, after record warmth in April. higher elevations in southern Vermont were blanketed in snow on this date. 15 inches was reported in Wilmington and Somerset, 13 inches in Cavendish, and...
by FLEK Admin | May 10, 2024 | 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, 2024 | 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, but fifteen years ago, in 2009, a small tornado briefly dropped out of a strong thunderstorm as it moved through the village of...
by FLEK Admin | May 8, 2024 | 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....
