by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:59 AM 4:16 PM 9 hours and 17 minutes The Great Appalachian Storm was raging on this date in 1950. Intense low pressure moved from central Pennsylvania into western New York, a position that historically favors strong southeast winds. But the intensity of the gale...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:46 AM 4:23 PM 9 hours and 37 minutes The cold winter of 1933 and ’34 experienced the first of many arctic intrusions on this date in 1933. The coldest air so early in the season dropped thermometers to 9 in Burlington, only recovering to the teens. By the morning of...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:41 AM 4:28 PM 9 hours and 47 minutes The European continent knew late spells of warmth that melted the early frosts and snows as St. Martin’s Summer. Although St. Martin’s Day, or Martinmas, occurs specifically on the 11th, the name became synonymous with the mild...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:30 AM 4:37 PM 10 hours and 7 minutes Residents in much of New England awoke to a soaking rain on this date in 1927, but there was no indication that the rain would continue for another 24 hours at alarming rates, climaxing in the awful flooding that became known as...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:25 AM 5:43 PM 10 hours and 18 minutes Over a decade on this date, in 2011, the greatest October snowstorm on record was tapering off. Only a dusting fell in the Champlain Valley, but 8 to 16 inches fell in southern VT, including 16 inches in Marlboro, and 1 to 2...
