by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:02 AM 7:38 PM 13 hours and 36 minutes Almost 30 years ago, April of 1996 was a very snowy one across the higher elevations of New York and northern New England. On this date Peru, VT watched another seven inches of snow pile up, with 15 inches at the base lodge at...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:00 AM 7:40 PM 13 hours and 40 minutes A rare April heat wave was climaxing on this date during the Bicentennial year of the United States, 1976. Thermometers reached mid-summer levels, including 90 degrees in Montpelier and St. Johnsbury, 91 in Burlington, and 97 in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:14 AM 7:30 PM 13 hours and 16 minutes Although the character of spring includes damp ground and mud season, it is the spring when forest fire danger is at its annual maximum here in northern New England, northern New York, and southern Quebec. Dead grass and...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:10 AM 7:32 PM 13 hours and 22 minutes An unprecedented early spring was underway on this date in 1945. Warm weather in March had already done in the sugaring season. Temperatures climbed into the 80s for several days, including 84 degrees in Burlington, 85 in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 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...
