by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:06 AM 8:35 PM 15 hours 1 minutes A week of heavy rains from the 5th to the 12th, 2002, forced rivers and streams into full flood over northern Vermont, with river levels reaching their highest in more than a quarter century in the Northeast Kingdom. Rainfall totals...
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
5:10 AM 8:27 PM 15 hours 1 minutes Going back thirty eight years ago on this date, in 1986, severe thunderstorms pounded the region with damaging winds and hail. North Hartland and Brookfield both reported 1 inch diameter hail, with 3/4 inch hail falling in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:09 AM 8:28 PM 15 hours 1 minutes Waters were just starting to recede on this date in 1952 after heavy rains throughout Vermont brought widespread damage to bridges, roads, and utility services. Coming on the heels of soaking rains during the last 10 days of May,...
