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
7:00 AM 5:10 PM 10 hours and 10 minutes Tremendously cold air enveloped the region on this date in 1861, perhaps the coldest 24 hours in the 19th century. Temperatures fell throughout the 7th, bottoming out on the morning of the 8th at 32 below in Burlington, minus 36...
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
6:58 AM 5:11 PM 10 hours and 13 minutes On this date in 1969, heavy snow was piling up, driven by strong winds, the first of two tremendous snowstorms that month. 20 inches was measured in Bethlehem and Rumney, NH, while Vernon, VT had to dig out of 23 and a half...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:18 AM 4:46 PM 9 hours and 28 minutes Going way back in the records, we find on this date in 1906 we were in the midst of a tremendous January thaw. Temperatures reached the 50s and 60s from the 20th to the 23rd, Burlington reaching 59 on the 22, and 64 on the 23rd,...
