by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:36 AM 6:50 PM 12 hours and 14 minutes On this day, 87 years ago, all of New England was battered by the Great Hurricane of 1938 – the worst hurricane in New England’s history on many scores. Wind damage was severe – very unusual because most hurricanes...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:55 AM 6:20 PM 11 hours and 25 minutes New England is hardly the place we think a lot about earthquakes, though we get a pretty good jolt now and then. The majority of our quakes are known as mid-plate quakes, resulting from stresses in the middle of the North...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:37 AM 6:48 PM 12 hours and 11 minutes Only about once each century does a full-blown hurricane cross New England and reach the interior. In the 19th century it was the Great September Gale of 1815 that roared up through Connecticut into Massachusetts and then New...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:39 AM 6:46 PM 12 hours and 7 minutes The earliest general snowfall on records took place on this date in 1885. As would be expected, the mountains had the greatest amounts, including 12 inches on Mt. Mansfield with drifts to 3 feet. Similar amounts were reported in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:21 AM 7:14 PM 12 hours and 53 minutes After a relatively cool summer, on this date in 1945 a late-season heat wave was in progress. It started on the 6th when temperatures reached the upper 80s to low 90s, then peaked on the 7th at 94 in Burlington and 92 in St....
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:22 AM 7:12 PM 12 hours and 50 minutes A tremendous severe weather outbreak occurred on this date in 1821. Rutland county was hit hard with large hail in Brandon, reported to 3 inches in diameter. Great wind damage in Hubbardton and Pittsford, possibly from a...
