by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:07 AM 8:38 PM 15 hours 1 minutes On this date in 1988, following record heat in the middle of the month, cold air sent the mercury down into the 30s, setting a record low in Montpelier at 39. Elsewhere it dropped to 36 in Morrisville, 35 in Chelsea, and chilly...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:07 AM 8:33 PM 15 hours 1 minutes The summer of 1933, famous for the beginnings of the Dust Bowl in the Great Plains, was also hot and dry locally. On this date a heat wave was underway, topping out at 96 degrees in Cornwall, VT in the Champlain basin, and 95 in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:08 AM 8:38 PM 15 hours 1 minutes Unusual weather – even for our area – makes a unique entry in the record books on this date in 1983. Thunderstorms developed due to some very cold air above. This meant hail – up to an inch in diameter in Quechee...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:06 AM 8:33 PM 15 hours 1 minutes Two rounds of severe thunderstorms banged and crashed their way across Vermont on this date in 2008. Over 50 reports of damaging winds, and several reports of hail had untility companies scrambling to service 50,000 customers that...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:08 AM 8:38 PM 15 hours 1 minutes Once the foliage is out and the gardens are well established, frost is rare. But when it does happen, even the trees can suffer. Such was the case on this date in 1986 when record cold sent the mercury down to the 30s throughout the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:06 AM 8:34 PM 15 hours 1 minutes Snowstorms in June are rare, but the one on this date in 1842 exceeded that of its more famous predecessor of 1816. Snow was noted in all the northeastern states, and several inches were measured in much of northern Vermont and...
