by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:16 AM 8:35 PM 15 hours and 19 minutes Wet weather in June of 2023, and flash flooding in central and southern VT on July 7th, resulted in unusually wet conditions, leading to the devastating flooding of July 10th and 11th, known now as the Great Vermont Flood. 4 to...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:08 AM 8:38 PM 15 hours and 30 minutes Unusual weather – even for our area – makes a unique entry in the record books on this date in 1983. Thunderstorms developed due to some very cold air above. This meant hail – up to an inch in diameter in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:06 AM 8:33 PM 15 hours and 27 minutes Two rounds of severe thunderstorms banged and crashed their way across Vermont on this date in 2008. Over 50 reports of damaging winds, and several reports of hail had untility companies scrambling to service 50,000 customers...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:08 AM 8:38 PM 15 hours and 30 minutes Once the foliage is out and the gardens are well established, frost is rare. But when it does happen, even the trees can suffer. Such was the case on this date in 1986 when record cold sent the mercury down to the 30s throughout...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:06 AM 8:34 PM 15 hours and 28 minutes Snowstorms in June are rare, but the one on this date in 1842 exceeded that of its more famous predecessor of 1816. Snow was noted in all the northeastern states, and several inches were measured in much of northern Vermont and...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:08 AM 8:38 PM 15 hours and 30 minutes According to David Ludlum’s “Vermont Weather Book”, 75 years ago, Bennington was struck by hail on this date in 1950, with diameters of 1 to 2 inches. That in itself is noteworthy, but what makes it even more interesting is that...
