by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:27 AM 8:07 PM 14 hours and 40 minutes You might want to be careful, or at least consider the following, when locating your thermometer. The standard height for observing the temperature is five feet, but in a study done at UVM a number of years ago, temperatures...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:26 AM 8:08 PM 14 hours and 42 minutes Severe weather is not common across our region at any time of year, and when it does occur it’s most likely to be in mid-summer. But on this date in 1866, a powerful thunderstorm unleashed a tornado on the small village of...
