by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:54 AM 7:44 PM 13 hours and 50 minutes On this day in 1996, it was raining. Of course that isn’t exciting in and of itself, but the month of April, 21 years ago, was the wettest ever on a state-wide basis. A cold, wet backwards spring featured some 6 to 9...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:55 AM 7:43 PM 13 hours and 48 minutes Today is Earth Day, an event dating back to the 1970s. Thinking about the phrase, “think globally, act locally” I like to use this date to do a little hands-on work. Though the challenge varies widely through our region, I...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:44 AM 7:52 PM 14 hours and 8 minutes On this day in 1874, it was snowing again in northern New England. The final installment of snow in a very snowy month brought another 10 inches of snow to Woodstock, VT, raising the snow on the ground to over 30 inches. 12...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:17 AM 7:27 PM 13 hours and 10 minutes Spring has usually made some type of appearance by now, but “April brings along what March left behind” as the old adage goes. For example, on this date in 1956, the snow was still piling up over the mountains. After a snowy...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:19 AM 7:26 PM 13 hours and 7 minutes New York, northern VT, southern Quebec and northern NH were treated to a Total Solar Eclipse last year on this date in 2024. For areas in the Champlain Valley, it was the first total eclipse since 1569, before European settlers...
