by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:21 AM 4:41 PM 9 hours and 20 minutes The famous “snow-eating” thaw of 1996 was underway on this date. Heavy snowfall from December into early January brought snow depths of 18 to 30 inches throughout the region. But a series of storms passing to the west brought...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:20 AM 4:42 PM 9 hours and 22 minutes This date holds its place in New England weather records as Cold Friday, after the severe blast of cold air that arrived on January 19th, 1810. Thermometers were not common, so no record of a temperature exists from Vermont,...
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
7:26 AM 4:25 PM 8 hours and 59 minutes A tremendous arctic outbreak was at its greatest on this date in 1981. Readings were below zero throughout the day in most locations. Concord, NH was representative of southern areas with a low of -21 and a high of -2, while the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:25 AM 4:29 PM 9 hours and 4 minutes Over a quarter century ago, Vermont’s most severe ice storm in history was underway on this date, in 1998. By the time it was over, 2 to 5 inches of ice throughout the Champlain Valley, and at elevations between 1600 and...
