by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:06 AM 8:36 PM 15 hours and 30 minutes On this date in 1806, a total solar eclipse darkened the midday hours of central New England. Totality lasted about 3 minutes and 50 seconds in Bennington. The area of totality included Bennington and Windham counties, and...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:06 AM 8:37 PM 15 hours and 31 minutes We were in the midst of a tremendous heatwave 31 years ago, in 1994. Temperatures reached the 90 degree mark or better in most communities on the 16th, and peaked on the 17th and 18th. Burlington and St. Johnsbury, VT both...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:06 AM 8:37 PM 15 hours and 31 minutes Weather extremes on this date included a tornado tracking across portions of Franklin County in 1957. The track ran from just south of Franklin, just north of Lake Carmi and northeast toward the Canadian border near West...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:09 AM 8:29 PM 15 hours and 20 minutes Residents of Rutland who can recall the 1940s, will remember well what happened on this date in 1947. Three to 4 inches of rain fell from the 2nd into the 3rd, discharging so much water into the East Creek, that in Pittsford, a...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:08 AM 8:29 PM 15 hours and 21 minutes It’s early to think of the blistering heat of mid-summer, but that’s exactly what was happening on this date in 1919. Thermometers soared to 100 degrees in Cavendish, and topped out at 101 in St. Johnsbury, the highest ever...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:08 AM 8:30 PM 15 hours and 22 minutes A severe frost struck much of the northeast, midwest, and Great Lakes on this date in 1859. Crops were severely damaged in New England, with most of the corn crop forced to by cut down and started again. 7 AM temperatures...
