EAST HARDWICK – Some rain appeared in our neck of the woods over the weekend, thanks to an upper-level disturbance that brought a round of showers and thunderstorms midday Saturday and followed through with some sporadic showers on Sunday afternoon. Total rainfall in East Hardwick amounted to 1.11”, with nearby reporting stations within a couple tenths of an inch of that figure. This rainfall comes just as some areas south and east of Caledonia and Lamoille Counties escalated into the severe drought stage.
photo by Paul Fixx
In the wake of the disturbance, clearing is evident over the northeast, with radiational cooling on Monday night dropping low temperatures into the upper 30s. Plainfield reported a low of 37 degrees. Our low in East Hardwick was 40. These conditions are a reminder of how close we are getting to the end of the growing season. Our median date of the first fall freeze is September 21, according to the National Weather Service.
Dry and cool conditions remain the rule for the rest of the week, as a dome of high pressure persists over the northeast. A dry cold front crosses the northern counties on Thursday afternoon with a drop in temperatures again starting Thursday night as clear skies persist. Moving into the weekend, an upper-level low moving through central Quebec may bring a few more clouds and just the off chance of a few showers Saturday night into Sunday morning. Otherwise, the weekend looks cool and dry. No substantial rainfall is in sight, unfortunately, so drought conditions will not improve much. Here are the forecast details:
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. High: 74. Low: 45. Calm wind.
Thursday: Mostly sunny. High: 73. Low: 38. Wind northwest 5 mph.
Friday: Mostly sunny. High: 68. Low: 42. Calm wind.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with increasing clouds late. High: 71. Low: 48. Wind south 5 mph.
Sunday: Partly sunny. Isolated morning showers. High: 68. Low: 46. Calm wind.
Tyler is our weather reporter and a community journalist. He works as a nurse and EMT, volunteers with Hardwick Rescue and helps to train new EMTs.
September 10, 2025
OH what a treasure is our Hardwick Gazette! . Especially to those of us who grew up with our Hardwick Academy
Sports always reported as well as first fish caught on May 1 and first deer shot of the season. I remember well receiving
the Gazette out in Ohio where I went to college, and friends gathering around to listen to Hardwick’s “Local Lumps,”
“Mrs. Ladd and Mrs. Hall went across the Street for tea with Mrs. Slayton on Tuesday at 1:00 pm before the children
got home from school.”
Hardwick was a sports community where all of the adults came to our basketball games, girls’ varsity followed by boys’ varsity
two game Friday evenings. Even those adults with no children on the teams were our fans.
Lucky all of us had and have a community to cheer us on!
Joyce Slayton Mitchell, Hardwick Academy, 1951.