by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:46 AM 8:05 PM 14 hours and 19 minutes Dry weather during the summer of 1909 resulted in wide swings of temperatures, both daily as well as during the month. On this date thermometers raced from a comfortable 58 degrees in the morning to a blistering 100 degrees in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:29 AM 8:24 PM 14 hours and 55 minutes Searching back through the records books to 1830, tremendous rains from the 24th through the 26th produced one of Vermont’s most dramatic flood events. Zadock Thompson’s records from that time show 3.85 inches of rain on the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:30 AM 8:23 PM 14 hours and 53 minutes Torrential downpours from thunderstorms focused on the Ottauquechee Valley on this date in 1859. Flooding was reported to be the highest since 1811 according to a Woodstock newspaper. The next day a reported tornado caused some...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
