May 24, 2026

5:15 AM 8:20 PM 15 hours and 5 minutes Early season heat gets to be more common by the last week of May. The ground, the lakes, and the ocean are slow to warm up, but by now, most record highs reach 90 degrees or more. Such is the case on this date in 1964, again in...

June 9, 2026

5:07 AM 8:33 PM 15 hours and 26 minutes The summer of 1933, famous for the beginnings of the Dust Bowl in the Great Plains, was also hot and dry locally. On this date a heat wave was underway, topping out at 96 degrees in Cornwall, VT in the Champlain basin, and 95 in...

May 25, 2026

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...

May 26, 2026

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...

May 27, 2026

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...

May 28, 2026

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...