by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:27 AM 7:04 PM 12 hours 1 minutes A brief but blistering hot spell is found in the record books on this date in 1948, when thermometers soared to 92 in both St. Johnsbury and in Burlington. This was the end of a long spell of warm and dry weather, marked by a dry...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:09 AM 7:34 PM 13 hours 1 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 narrow...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:28 AM 7:03 PM 12 hours 1 minutes A cold front, invigorated by the remnants of Hurricane Frederic on this date in 1979 roared across the region with severe thunderstorms causing widespread wind damage through Addison and Orange counties. Winds gusted to 72 mph in St....
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:10 AM 7:32 PM 13 hours 1 minutes The second of three tropical weather systems was sweeping across the region on this date in 1893. Taking a track from Lake Ontario to Montreal to northern Maine, the passage of the storm to the north limited rainfall, although...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:29 AM 7:01 PM 12 hours 1 minutes A tremendously cold blast of arrived on this date in 1859, with snow squalls noted in Franklin Fairbanks weather records. The temperature fell to 31 degrees by 9 PM that evening. In the Connecticut River valley, Lunenburg saw the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:11 AM 7:30 PM 13 hours 1 minutes On this date in 1965 a tremendous early season cold spell was underway. Blustery northwest winds brought cold air to the mountains first, with a dusting of snow on Mt. Mansfield, and 2.5 inches of snow on Mt. Washington, a record for...
