July 2, 2026

5:11 AM 8:38 PM 15 hours and 27 minutes Tornadoes are a rare part of the variety of weather that makes it so interesting here, but they do occur. A note from John Hayward’s “A Gazatteer of Vermont” indicates on this date in 1833, a tornado tracked from Salem Pond in...

July 18, 2026

5:23 AM 8:29 PM 15 hours and 6 minutes On this date in 1953, people were beginning to look for ways to beat the heat. A brief but intense heat wave climaxed on the 18th and 19th. Both Cornwall and Wilder, VT topped out at 100 degrees, while Bellows Falls reached 102...

July 3, 2026

5:11 AM 8:37 PM 15 hours and 26 minutes Dr. Hiram Cutting of Lunenburg, VT recorded many interesting weather events, including the following from Victory, VT on this date in 1842. A very strong and apparently noisy tornado swept through the little town in Essex...

July 19, 2026

5:24 AM 8:28 PM 15 hours and 4 minutes Dusting off the records books on this date in 1850, heavy rains caused serious flooding through southern and southwestern Vermont, into the Berkshires of Massachusetts. A tropical storm tracking north from Chesapeake Bay into...

July 4, 2026

5:12 AM 8:37 PM 15 hours and 25 minutes “As hot as the 4th of July” is a common saying – sometimes even used to describe our seasons as “winter and the 4th of July”. Certainly the heat wave that climaxed on this date in 1911 added greatly to its reputation. The...

July 5, 2026

5:13 AM 8:37 PM 15 hours and 24 minutes On this date in 1990, flood waters were raging through portions of northern Vermont. A line of thunderstorms from St. Albans to Fairfax, east-southeast to Worcester, Plainfield, and Wells River stalled, resulting in 3 to 6...