by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:24 AM 4:34 PM 9 hours and 10 minutes A warm, thawing rain melted a very thin covering of snow on this date in 1980, delaying the arrival of steady snow cover until the 20th, the latest on modern records. Record temperatures for this date include 52 in Montpelier, 54...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:24 AM 4:35 PM 9 hours and 11 minutes It was on this date in 1968, that the longest deep freeze on modern record began to let up. Many communities in northern New England and NY, and across southern Quebec went above zero for the first time in 5 days, including West...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:23 AM 4:37 PM 9 hours and 14 minutes A special anniversary today for meteorology, but also photography, and even the realm of art, for it was on this date in 1885 that Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley took his first photo-micrograph of a snow crystal. He went on to...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:22 AM 4:39 PM 9 hours and 17 minutes Dusting off some of the older record books on this date in 1831, a heavy coastal storm produced 8 to 10 inches of snow in Keene, NH with much blowing and drifting. The snow was heaviest from southern New England down into...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:19 AM 4:44 PM 9 hours and 25 minutes 32 years ago, the first of two severe cold spells brought record cold on this date in 1994. Following a heavy snowstorm of 10 to 20 inches on the 18th, arctic air settled in over the fresh, deep snow cover to send thermometers to...
