by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:24 AM 4:15 PM 8 hours and 51 minutes “The weather outside is frightful”, or at least cold and snowy most years at this time. But thermometers edged into the 50s and low 60s on this date in 1990, melting the thin coating of snow in the valleys, and reducing it...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:14 AM 4:11 PM 8 hours and 57 minutes Today marks the beginning of the coldest 91 days of the season according to the long-term temperature averages – and is thus considered the start of meteorological winter. Although the daylight will begin to increase in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:17 AM 4:11 PM 8 hours and 54 minutes Have you ever noticed how quiet it is when the snow is falling? Snow’s delicate and lacy structure is responsible for this. Those same fanciful crystals photographed by Wilson Bentley represent a multitude of surfaces for the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:20 AM 4:12 PM 8 hours and 52 minutes In 1835, perhaps the coldest daylight of the 1800’s was howling in on strong northwest winds. A very uniform cold resulted, with temperatures only changing a few degrees during the day. Midday readings included -16 in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:23 AM 4:14 PM 8 hours and 51 minutes The word solstice comes from the Latin, meaning “sun standing still”, and so it appears along the southwest horizon. In only a few days the sun will begin to creep back toward the north, setting due west on the first day of...
