by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 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 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:26 AM 5:41 PM 10 hours and 15 minutes Halloween is often haunted by memories of trick-or-treating in the snow, or in the cold, but before the days of various miniature cherubs dressed as their favorite hero or greatest nightmare, October’s coldest weather frightened...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:42 AM 4:26 PM 9 hours and 44 minutes A heavy, wet snow storm on this date, November 12th, in 1968 brought 6 to 12 inches in many valleys, while 12 to 24 inches was common on the mountains. Readsboro measured 12 inches, and 11 inches had to be shoveled in St. Albans....
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 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 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:27 AM 5:40 PM 10 hours and 13 minutes The first day of November greets us with the half-way point between fall and winter. The ancient peoples of western Europe knew this as Samhain – meaning literally “summer’s end”, but was actually their New Year. As one...
