by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:10 AM 4:57 PM 9 hours and 47 minutes One to two feet of snow blanketed the region on this date in 1990, the second storm in a week, after a very mild start to the month resulting in a very thin snow cover on the hills, and much bare ground in the valleys. The snow...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:19 AM 4:45 PM 9 hours and 26 minutes January thaws are always a mixed blessing. Naturally the skiers don’t find as much pleasure and delight as they would with a fresh foot of powder, and as our recent thaw demonstrated, rain following cold weather can lead to icy...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:09 AM 4:59 PM 9 hours and 50 minutes Because the thermometer drops below zero more times in January than any other month, many of us perform that morning ritual of looking at the thermometer to check the temperature. The red column of liquid we stare at is NOT...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:03 AM 5:06 PM 10 hours and 3 minutes This is the date when Lake Champlain freezes over, using averages that extend back to 1816, though the lake does not freeze completely every winter. The colder weather of the 19th century, and the more meticulous observations of...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:01 AM 5:08 PM 10 hours and 7 minutes One of New England’s greatest snowstorms brought eastern and southern New England 20 to 40 inches of snow, whipped into drifts of 5 to 10 feet, in the cold and snowy winter of 1978. In southern and eastern portions of...
