September 30, 2026

6:47 AM 6:33 PM 11 hours and 46 minutes By the end of September, the weather records of interest are often those of cold and snow, which might sound discouraging. However, there is little interest in making much of a fuss over a spell of days with temperatures in the...

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...

October 4, 2026

6:52 AM 6:26 PM 11 hours and 34 minutes The earliest heavy snowfall on modern record dumped up to 20 inches across the higher elevations of southwest Vermont, including 18 inches in Pownal on this date, in 1987. The snow was primarily west of the Connecticut River as...

October 6, 2026

6:54 AM 6:22 PM 11 hours and 28 minutes On this date in 1836, a cold weather pattern had settled into the northeast. The second of three early snows fell, focused mostly on southern New York and northern Pennsylvania where up to 26 inches fell. Vermont’s peaks were...

September 29, 2026

6:46 AM 6:35 PM 11 hours and 49 minutes On this date in 1844, a rather early start to the winter startled residents. Several inches of snow fell over higher elevations of the northeast from Pennsylvania to Maine. 6 inches was noted in Wheelock, VT, in the heart of the...