July 26, 2026

5:31 AM 8:22 PM 14 hours and 51 minutes The first of two surges of heat were noted on this date in 1917, as the temperature reached 94 in St. Johnsbury and 90 in Burlington, and would climb again into the 90s by the end of the week. Although the heat set a few daily...

July 27, 2026

5:32 AM 8:21 PM 14 hours and 49 minutes Weather events during the past decade have made many of us aware of the localized nature of summer rains, including the floods of 1998 in the Mad River Valley, and 2002 in the Passumpsic Valley. What appear to be isolated...

July 28, 2026

5:33 AM 8:19 PM 14 hours and 46 minutes Summer is the wettest season in northern New England thanks to the higher humidity available to thunderstorms. On this date in 1913 St. Johnsbury recorded its wettest 24 hours of the 20th century, as thunderstorms with...

July 29, 2026

5:34 AM 8:18 PM 14 hours and 44 minutes On this date in 1883 a great aurora was seen across the northeast. This was near the peak of sunspots during the 1880s, part of the Sun’s 11 year cycle. In the current Sun’s cycle we are also near the maximum number of sunspots,...

July 30, 2026

5:36 AM 8:17 PM 14 hours and 41 minutes Localized but extreme rainfall fell in less than 12 hours on this date last year, 2024, over portions of the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, possibly some of the most intense rainfall ever observed in the state. 5 to 9 inches of...

July 31, 2026

5:37 AM 8:16 PM 14 hours and 39 minutes Hot weather in July, of course that’s no surprise. July averages the greatest number of days with 90 or above – a total of five at most locations in the valleys – not exactly staggering. That’s why heat waves perhaps...