by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:18 AM 8:33 PM 15 hours 1 minutes Some of July’s coldest weather took place on this date in 1898. Strong high pressure dropping south from Canada raised the barometric reading to 30.50 inches in Brattleboro. Early morning temperatures included 36 in St. Johnsbury,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:19 AM 8:33 PM 15 hours 1 minutes July of 1962 continued its frenetic behavior on this date with heavy rains from thunderstorms. Scattered frost on the 6th was followed just a few days later by tornadoes near Chester, Weathersfield, and Springfield on the 9th. On the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:20 AM 8:32 PM 15 hours 1 minutes Blistering heat was the story on this date, more than a quarter of a century ago, in 1995. Following a very hot June, July topped that performance. The high temperatures reached the upper 90s to near 100, Burlington tying its record...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:21 AM 8:32 PM 15 hours 1 minutes It is St. Swithin’s Day – whom some have coined as the Patron Saint of weather people due to the weather saying associated with him – “If it rains on St. Swithin’s Day, it will rain 40 days more”. Legend has it that the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:09 AM 8:38 PM 15 hours 1 minutes June of 1919 was famous for an early season heat wave that featured some of Vermont’s hottest weather on record. But over a century ago on this date, the weather did a flip-flop, and thermometers tumbled to record lows. Both...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:21 AM 8:31 PM 15 hours 1 minutes On this date in 1997 the sun came out to reveal a scene of terrible destruction. St. Swithin’s Day rains severely flooded portions of northwestern Vermont, particularly the community of Montgomery Center. 6 to 8 inches of rain in...
