by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:50 AM 8:00 PM 14 hours and 10 minutes The Dog Days are over! However, that is NOT a weather forecast. The Dog Days are so-named for the brightest star in our skies, prominent in our winter skies – the Dog Star, known as Sirius. Seen at night in winter, it is...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:09 AM 7:34 PM 13 hours and 25 minutes Today is the anniversary of the severe flooding from Tropical Storm Irene. Torrential rains of 4 to 8 inches fell in 24 hours. The ground was saturated from a summer of heavy rains, and the water rushed unrestrained through...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:51 AM 7:58 PM 14 hours and 7 minutes On this date in 1955 the rains kept coming and coming. It was the remnants of Hurricane Connie, whose dying center was tracking through Pennsylvania into western New York. As the rains finally ended, three day totals ranged from...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:52 AM 7:57 PM 14 hours and 5 minutes The second peak of August’s greatest heat wave took place on the 14th and 15th of 1944. Wilder, Vermont reached 100 degrees, while St. Johnsbury was not far behind with 98, and Burlington edged up to 97. This was the fourth heat...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:54 AM 7:55 PM 14 hours and 1 minutes The second of three August heat waves was still going on this date in 1947. Temperatures remained above 70 degrees at night for three days in Burlington, while afternoons reached the mid 90s. Even a record-setting thunderstorm...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:55 AM 7:54 PM 13 hours and 59 minutes Bennington Battle Day is rather infamous for the role which weather played in an American victory. Heavy rains on this date inn 1777 delayed the beginning of the battle, which was enough time for re-enforcing militia coming from...
