by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:10 AM 4:57 PM 9 hours and 47 minutes One to two feet of snow blanketed the region on this date in 1990, the second storm in a week, after a very mild start to the month resulting in a very thin snow cover on the hills, and much bare ground in the valleys. The snow...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:08 AM 5:00 PM 9 hours and 52 minutes Just as the clock struck midnight on this date in 1920, Northfield, VT set the state record for the highest barometric reading, that of 31.14 inches. High pressure in the winter is invariably the result of the weight of very cold...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:06 AM 5:03 PM 9 hours and 57 minutes We were in the midst of a very long siege of cold weather during the first week of February, 1961. Starting on January 10th, and continuing through February 9th, West Burke, VT’s thermometer dropped below zero, a solid 31...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:03 AM 5:06 PM 10 hours and 3 minutes This is the date when Lake Champlain freezes over, using averages that extend back to 1816, though the lake does not freeze completely every winter. The colder weather of the 19th century, and the more meticulous observations of...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:01 AM 5:08 PM 10 hours and 7 minutes One of New England’s greatest snowstorms brought eastern and southern New England 20 to 40 inches of snow, whipped into drifts of 5 to 10 feet, in the cold and snowy winter of 1978. In southern and eastern portions of...
