by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:59 AM 6:59 PM 12 hours and 0 minutes It is St. Patrick’s Day, and not the weather, that usually brings green to our part of the world. In an average year snow cover is now gone from the Champlain Valley and the lower elevations of the southern counties of...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:04 AM 6:55 PM 11 hours and 51 minutes On this date 42 years ago, in 1984, one of the heaviest snowfalls on record was coming to an end. Peru, VT set a state record for the greatest snowfall in 24 hours with 38 inches. St. Johnsbury’s total of 23.5 inches was...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:55 AM 7:01 PM 12 hours and 6 minutes The second of two heavy rains fell on this date in 1936, resulting in the worst all-New England flooding on record. The combination of rainfall of 3 to 6 inches, and melting of a water-laden snow-pack forced the Connecticut River...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:52 AM 7:04 PM 12 hours and 12 minutes Fourteen years ago, March 2012 was the warmest on record for most locations. The warmest First Day of Spring saw thermometers climb to 80 or more, the earliest it has reached 80 degrees on modern record. Global warming? Perhaps,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:57 AM 7:00 PM 12 hours and 3 minutes More than a half century ago on this date, severe cold gripped the region in 1967, following a fresh snowfall of 3 to 6 inches. The coldest readings so late in the season were recorded in St. Johnsbury, reaching 14 below zero on...
