Farmers and gardeners throughout Vermont were scrambling on this day in 1918 because of a late-season frost. It had been an unusually cold winter, but this was June 20th!

Despite what the calendar said - Chelsea checked in at 27 degrees. Other towns throughout Vermont had similar chills...Bloomfield, Northfield, Somerset and St. Johnsbury all came in a single degree higher at 28, demonstrating that the widespread frost had touched communities in the Northeast Kingdom, central Vermont and southern Vermont.

A late season frost of this magnitude could be devastating to crops and gardens.

The Vermont Book Of Days photo.