by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:25 AM 7:08 PM 12 hours 1 minutes Vermont and New York only experienced a breezy rainstorm on the edges of Hurricane Edna in 1954, but the track of the hurricane from Martha’s Vineyard to Eastport, ME gave a soaking to New Hampshire with 3 to 6 inches of rain,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:26 AM 7:06 PM 12 hours 1 minutes Barometers were extremely low on this date in 1960, though that was hardly what people were paying attention to. Hurricane Donna tracked north through New England, from New London, CT to Rumford, ME, placing our listening area in the...
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
5:50 AM 8:00 PM 14 hours 1 minutes The Dog Days are over! However, that is NOT a weather forecast. The Dog Days are so-named for the brightest star in our skies, prominent in our winter skies – the Dog Star, known as Sirius. Seen at night in winter, it is in the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:51 AM 7:58 PM 14 hours 1 minutes On this date in 1955 the rains kept coming and coming. It was the remnants of Hurricane Connie, whose dying center was tracking through Pennsylvania into western New York. As the rains finally ended, three day totals ranged from 1/2...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:52 AM 7:57 PM 14 hours 1 minutes The second peak of August’s greatest heat wave took place on the 14th and 15th of 1944. Wilder, Vermont reached 100 degrees, while St. Johnsbury was not far behind with 98, and Burlington edged up to 97. This was the fourth heat wave...
