by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:14 AM 8:21 PM 15 hours and 7 minutes On this date in 1832, 8 inches of snow was reported near Burlington, VT according to David Ludlum’s’ “The Vermont Weather Book”. May snow are not unheard of, though they do seem to come in spells. Each May...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:13 AM 8:22 PM 15 hours and 9 minutes Fourteen years ago, in 2011, a series of moisture-laden thunderstorms tracking northeast along the Rt. 2 corridor from Barre northeast to St. Johnsbury, unleashed 4 to 7 inches of rain in six hours, resulting in severe flash...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:13 AM 8:23 PM 15 hours and 10 minutes One of the coldest Mays of the 20th century was capped off by a snowy northeaster in 1967. Residents of northern New England were waking up to a dusting to an inch in southern Vermont, including 2 inches near Brattleboro. The...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:12 AM 8:24 PM 15 hours and 12 minutes On this date in 1775, according to the book, “The History of Keene”, which quoted from the Abner Sanger diary, “Toward Night comes up a Terrible Hurricane Thunder shower. Trees are whirled down in Great...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:11 AM 8:25 PM 15 hours and 14 minutes The second hot May in a row was setting records on this date in 1978. Burlington reached 89 or better from the 26th through the end of the month, including records of 92 on the 28th and 89 on the 29th. Chelsea topped out at 93,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:11 AM 8:25 PM 15 hours and 14 minutes Today is the traditional date for Memorial Day, or as it was known in the 1800s – Decoration Day. Decoration Day of 1884 saw one of the latest episodes of measurable snow on record. Both Randolph and Windsor reported...
