by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:25 AM 4:29 PM 9 hours and 4 minutes Over a quarter century ago, Vermont’s most severe ice storm in history was underway on this date, in 1998. By the time it was over, 2 to 5 inches of ice throughout the Champlain Valley, and at elevations between 1600 and...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:25 AM 4:31 PM 9 hours and 6 minutes One of the most intense cold waves on modern record was in progress on this date in 1968. Subzero temperatures stretched over 5 consecutive days in Burlington resulting in the earliest freezing over of Lake Champlain on record. A...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:24 AM 4:34 PM 9 hours and 10 minutes A warm, thawing rain melted a very thin covering of snow on this date in 1980, delaying the arrival of steady snow cover until the 20th, the latest on modern records. Record temperatures for this date include 52 in Montpelier, 54...
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...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:21 AM 4:41 PM 9 hours and 20 minutes The famous “snow-eating” thaw of 1996 was underway on this date. Heavy snowfall from December into early January brought snow depths of 18 to 30 inches throughout the region. But a series of storms passing to the west brought...
