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...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:06 AM 8:35 PM 15 hours 1 minutes On this date in 1988, the hottest summer of the second half of the 20th century was getting its first taste of heat. Thermometers soared to a record 94 in Burlington, and 96 in Vernon and Hanover, NH. The 90s lasted three days, and...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:06 AM 8:36 PM 15 hours 1 minutes The sunrise this morning, and again tomorrow morning, are the earliest of the year, even though we have not quite reached summer. This slight discrepancy is due to our attempts to make time much more of a constant than it really is....
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:06 AM 8:36 PM 15 hours 1 minutes On this date in 1806, a total solar eclipse darkened the midday hours of central New England. Totality lasted about 3 minutes and 50 seconds in Bennington. The area of totality included Bennington and Windham counties, and extreme...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:06 AM 8:37 PM 15 hours 1 minutes We were in the midst of a tremendous heatwave in 1994. Temperatures reached the 90 degree mark or better in most communities on the 16th, and peaked on the 17th and 18th. Burlington and St. Johnsbury, VT both reached identical...
