by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:36 AM 6:50 PM 12 hours 1 minutes On this day, 86 years ago, all of New England was battered by the Great Hurricane of 1938 – the worst hurricane in New England’s history on many scores. Wind damage was severe – very unusual because most hurricanes...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:37 AM 6:48 PM 12 hours 1 minutes Only about once each century does a full-blown hurricane cross New England and reach the interior. In the 19th century it was the Great September Gale of 1815 that roared up through Connecticut into Massachusetts and then New...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:20 AM 7:16 PM 12 hours 1 minutes It was on this date in 1953 that September’s most notable heat wave ended with a soaking rain. The Northeast Kingdom caught the brunt of a weather front slowing down over the region, with rain buckets measuring 2.64 inches in St....
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:21 AM 7:14 PM 12 hours 1 minutes After a relatively cool summer, on this date in 1945 a late-season heat wave was in progress. It started on the 6th when temperatures reached the upper 80s to low 90s, then peaked on the 7th at 94 in Burlington and 92 in St....
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:22 AM 7:12 PM 12 hours 1 minutes A tremendous severe weather outbreak occurred on this date in 1821. Rutland county was hit hard with large hail in Brandon, reported to 3 inches in diameter. Great wind damage in Hubbardton and Pittsford, possibly from a tornado....
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:24 AM 7:10 PM 12 hours 1 minutes The coldest morning on modern records so early in the season brought a widespread frost on this date in 1913. After record heat the previous week, two cold fronts sent thermometers to the upper 20s, including 27 in Chelsea and...
