by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:10 AM 6:51 PM 11 hours and 41 minutes The first heavy rains and thawing temperatures began the floods of 1936 on this date. Over 2 inches fell through most of northern New England, including 3.25 inches in Cavendish. Deep snow cover of 2 to 4 feet began to melt,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:06 AM 6:54 PM 11 hours and 48 minutes Heavy, wet snow and strong winds made a mess of things on this date in 1962. After 5 inches of snow, strong south winds gusting to 81 mph in Bennington changed snow to rain, and knocked down trees and power lines. Farther north...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:03 AM 6:56 PM 11 hours and 53 minutes Beware the Ides of March…not some astrological prediction or vision of fate. Instead, we are on the cusp of the season of spring – a season capable of just about anything! On this date in 1972, late winter was making...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:59 AM 6:59 PM 12 hours and 0 minutes It is St. Patrick’s Day, and not the weather, that usually brings green to our part of the world. In an average year snow cover is now gone from the Champlain Valley and the lower elevations of the southern counties of...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:53 AM 7:03 PM 12 hours and 10 minutes Like something out of modern-day politics, the election of Thomas Jefferson in March 1801, the first change in party leadership in the U.S., became a scapegoat, blaming Jefferson for the floodwaters cresting across northern New...
