October 21, 2026

7:13 AM 5:56 PM 10 hours and 43 minutes Just over 50 years ago on this date, in 1972, bitter cold covered smaller ponds with ice. On the 19th an early season northeaster clipped southern New England with 2 to 4 inches of snow on the hills of Connecticut and Rhode...

October 23, 2026

7:15 AM 5:53 PM 10 hours and 38 minutes An unusually heavy snowstorm on the 18th of October 1783 leaving over a foot of snow in the mountains, combined with heavy rains on this date in 1783 to produce a flood due to the melting snow, the worst flood experienced by...

October 25, 2026

7:18 AM 5:50 PM 10 hours and 32 minutes Twenty years ago on this date in 2005, the worst October snowstorm in recent memory coated trees with over a foot of snow in places, resulting in widespread power outages of 100,000 homes, about a third of Vermont. Snow amounts...

October 27, 2026

7:21 AM 5:47 PM 10 hours and 26 minutes The colder weather lately has many people trying to work with the weather in terms of putting their gardens and various plantings to bed. One recommendation is that you wait until the ground freezes fairly solid before applying...

October 2, 2026

6:49 AM 6:29 PM 11 hours and 40 minutes October of 1950 opened with some of the warmest weather so late in the season. Readings in the upper 70s and low 80s set records including 82 in Burlington, and 84 in St. Johnsbury and Montpelier. The 84 in Montpelier is the...