by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:40 AM 8:12 PM 14 hours 1 minutes Just over a century ago on this date, in 1923, Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office in Plymouth, VT. David Ludlum, the author of the Vermont Weather Book, and expert on weather history, notes that the weather in Northfield –...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:11 AM 8:37 PM 15 hours 1 minutes Dr. Hiram Cutting of Lunenburg, VT recorded many interesting weather events, including the following from Victory, VT on this date in 1842. A very strong and apparently noisy tornado swept through the little town in Essex County, VT....
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:12 AM 8:37 PM 15 hours 1 minutes “As hot as the 4th of July” is a common saying – sometimes even used to describe our seasons as “winter and the 4th of July”. Certainly the heat wave that climaxed on this date in 1911 added greatly to its reputation. The highest...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:13 AM 8:37 PM 15 hours 1 minutes On this date in 1990, flood waters were raging through portions of northern Vermont. A line of thunderstorms from St. Albans to Fairfax, east-southeast to Worcester, Plainfield, and Wells River stalled, resulting in 3 to 6 inches of...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:13 AM 8:36 PM 15 hours 1 minutes Beware the “Blackberry Frost”. And just what is a blackberry frost? In some of those cold hollows which have earned their reputation, even early July is not exempt from frost. On this date in 1962, West Burke, VT dropped to 29...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:14 AM 8:36 PM 15 hours 1 minutes Heavy rains and localized severe flooding made the headlines on this date in 1984, when persistent thunderstorms during the night caused flash flooding near Williston, resulting in culvert overflowing and washing out the railroad bed...
