by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:27 AM 8:26 PM 14 hours and 59 minutes On this date in 1811, a phenomenal amount of rain from thunderstorms doused portions of Rutland and Windsor counties. Rain gauges were rare, and reports even more so; however estimates of rain from various containers left open...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:44 AM 8:07 PM 14 hours and 23 minutes On this date in 1918, many thermometers hovered near the century mark during a brief but blistering heat wave. Earlier that week, temperatures dropped to the 30s on the 4th. By the 7th and 8th the mercury soared to 96 in St....
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:28 AM 8:25 PM 14 hours and 57 minutes Today is the peak of summer, at least judging by the crest of the warmest average temperatures of the year. This is just over 4 weeks after the longest day of the year, during which the sunlight has decreased by more than a half...
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
5:15 AM 8:36 PM 15 hours and 21 minutes Early residents of the region were shocked by waking up to frost on this date in 1816, the infamous Year Without a Summer! Following snow in early June, summer weather returned, with a heat wave at the end of the month, but on...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:16 AM 8:35 PM 15 hours and 19 minutes Widespread severe weather pounded the region on this date in 2007. Damaging thunderstorm winds in many towns along the I-89 corridor. Hail the size of tennis balls in Duxbury, VT. 4 inches of rain in Waterbury Center, VT with...
