by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:23 AM 4:37 PM 9 hours and 14 minutes A special anniversary today for meteorology, but also photography, and even the realm of art, for it was on this date in 1885 that Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley took his first photo-micrograph of a snow crystal. He went on to...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:26 AM 4:23 PM 8 hours and 57 minutes On this date in 1990, mild weather was in the process of delivering one of the mildest January’s on record, following the coldest winter month on Vermont records, that of December 1989. Vernon had daily high temperatures above...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:25 AM 4:28 PM 9 hours and 3 minutes Some January thaws feature a gentle breeze and pleasant spells of sunshine, as was the case on this date in 1936, thermometers reaching the 50s. But on this same date in 1841, the Connecticut river was choked with broken ice and...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:25 AM 4:31 PM 9 hours and 6 minutes One of the most intense cold waves on modern record was in progress on this date in 1968. Subzero temperatures stretched over 5 consecutive days in Burlington resulting in the earliest freezing over of Lake Champlain on record. A...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:24 AM 4:35 PM 9 hours and 11 minutes It was on this date in 1968, that the longest deep freeze on modern record began to let up. Many communities in northern New England and NY, and across southern Quebec went above zero for the first time in 5 days, including West...
