by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:50 AM 7:47 PM 13 hours and 57 minutes April is not known for its heat waves, though they do make brief appearances every decade. It might seem that has happened more often in recent years, but well-over a century ago on this date, in 1913, thermometers soared into...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:52 AM 7:46 PM 13 hours and 54 minutes April of 1852 was a stormy, cold month. After 33 inches of snow during the month in Hanover, NH, a mild, thawing rain sent the rivers into high flood, including the “greatest flood ever known” up to that time in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:47 AM 7:49 PM 14 hours and 2 minutes Residents throughout northern New York and northern New England woke up to a mid-winter’s scene on this date in 1874. The heaviest snow storm of the snowiest April on record dropped 15 inches in Woodstock and Bethel, 18 inches in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:03 AM 7:37 PM 13 hours and 34 minutes An interesting weather week was finishing up on this date in 1976. It started with an inch or two of snow on Monday. But by the 17th a heat wave that developed in the middle of the country headed east, pushing temperatures into...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:07 AM 7:35 PM 13 hours and 28 minutes In most years, maple sugaring is done by now, or nearly so, and we move on to other activities. However, following one of the most severe winters of the 18th century, the famous Long Winter of 1798-99, sugaring finally began in...
