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
7:20 AM 4:42 PM 9 hours and 22 minutes This date holds its place in New England weather records as Cold Friday, after the severe blast of cold air that arrived on January 19th, 1810. Thermometers were not common, so no record of a temperature exists from Vermont,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:26 AM 4:22 PM 8 hours and 56 minutes The coldest January of the modern era in most of northern New England didn’t waste any time getting started on this date in 1970. Following the tremendous post-Christmas storm, arctic air was almost without relent much of...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:25 AM 4:19 PM 8 hours and 54 minutes The great post-Christmas snowstorm was winding down on this date in 1969. Record snows fell in Burlington with 29.5 inches, and Montreal with 27.5 inches, while Waitsfield, VT was buried under 45 inches. In eastern Vermont, heavy...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:26 AM 4:20 PM 8 hours and 54 minutes Over a century ago on this date, in 1917, the deepest part of the WWI cold wave sent thermometers to record levels. The coldest weather of the 20th century sent thermometers to -43 in St. Johnsbury, their all-time record low....
