by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:55 AM 7:54 PM 13 hours and 59 minutes Bennington Battle Day is rather infamous for the role which weather played in an American victory. Heavy rains on this date inn 1777 delayed the beginning of the battle, which was enough time for re-enforcing militia coming from...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:56 AM 7:52 PM 13 hours and 56 minutes On this date in 1955, Burlington experienced its heaviest 24 hour rainfall up to that time, of 3.59 inches, part of its wettest August. However, this record was broken in 1998, when 3.62 inches fell during the 24 hours of August...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:57 AM 7:50 PM 13 hours and 53 minutes The days are getting shorter and the nights are longer, which means nights begin to cool. However, on this date in 1918, the cooling was a bit extreme as some of the coldest weather so early in the season occurred. Numerous...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:58 AM 7:49 PM 13 hours and 51 minutes Vermont experienced its first hurricane on historical records on this date in 1788. Tracking from New Jersey into Maine, its track across Vermont sent it from north of Bennington east northeast to near Springfield, then on into...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:59 AM 7:47 PM 13 hours and 48 minutes Looking back to this date in 1955, just one week following heavy rains from the remnants of Hurricane Connie, the remnants of Hurricane Diane sent more heavy rain, but most of northern New England was spared. Only extreme...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:01 AM 7:45 PM 13 hours and 44 minutes On this date in 1925, autumn was getting ahead of itself as scattered frost edged into the colder mountain valleys. Somerset, high in the southern Green Mountains dropped to 26. Most other areas were not so extreme, though I’m...
