by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:50 AM 6:27 PM 11 hours and 37 minutes Early snowfalls are not always the signal of a tough winter on the way. Three inches of snow fell on this date in 1780 in Pomfret according to Jonathan Carpenter’s diary, and while the previous winter was harsh, the winter of...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:42 AM 6:40 PM 11 hours and 58 minutes If there ever was a year famous in New England weather annals, it is that of 1816. And in that year on this date, the final straw came in the form of severe cold, lasting from the 26th through the 29th, with frost throughout New...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:49 AM 6:29 PM 11 hours and 40 minutes October of 1950 opened with some of the warmest weather so late in the season. Readings in the upper 70s and low 80s set records including 82 in Burlington, and 84 in St. Johnsbury and Montpelier. The 84 in Montpelier is the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:41 AM 6:42 PM 12 hours and 1 minutes On this date in 1950, residents of most of the northeastern U.S., from the Great Lakes to the mid-Atlantic coast east to Maine, as well as neighboring provinces of Quebec and Ontario watched the sun fade as a dense pall of smoke...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:47 AM 6:33 PM 11 hours and 46 minutes By the end of September, the weather records of interest are often those of cold and snow, which might sound discouraging. However, there is little interest in making much of a fuss over a spell of days with temperatures in the...
