by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:06 AM 7:37 PM 13 hours 1 minutes Sweltering heat waves were becoming a common thing across Vermont in the 1940s, in part because of global temperature rises, and in part due to the lack of forest cover at the time. On this date in 1948, yet another heat wave was...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:49 AM 8:01 PM 14 hours 1 minutes On this date in 1949 the hottest summer in northern New England was experiencing the climax of a 5 day heat-wave. Temperatures were in the mid and upper 90s, the hottest being 99 degrees in Cornwall in the Champlain Valley. 1949...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:07 AM 7:35 PM 13 hours 1 minutes On this date in 1989, the morning brought an unusual patch-work of various sheets and blankets and just about anything else you might grab as a surprisingly early frost hit some of the cold spots rather hard. Rochester, VT dipped to...
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...
