by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:21 AM 4:40 PM 9 hours and 19 minutes More than two centuries ago on this date, in 1817, snow with thunder fell, the static electricity creating a most unusual effect. In Williamstown, VT St. Elmo’s fire (a glowing discharge of static electricity) was seen...
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...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:24 AM 4:33 PM 9 hours and 9 minutes The 10th and 11th of January, 1859 were among the coldest days of the 19th century. The temperature on the UVM campus on Professor Petty’s thermometer read -26 at 2 PM, and the intensity of the cold held thermometers below zero...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:23 AM 4:36 PM 9 hours and 13 minutes A January thaw in 1934 ended on this date with a monstrous snowstorm, which turns out to be the fifth greatest snowfall in a 24 hour period for Burlington, VT. 24.2 inches piled up, and was followed by one of the coldest...
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...
