by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:05 AM 6:06 PM 11 hours and 1 minutes The north-south orientation of the Champlain valley bounded by relatively high mountains through the Adirondacks and Green Mountains, forces south winds to accelerate through with greater speed. When Hurricane Hazel pushed into...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:58 AM 6:17 PM 11 hours and 19 minutes Severe flooding swept through southeast Vermont and western New Hampshire, killing several people on this date in 2005. Rainfall amounts of 6 to 11 inches, the remnants of Tropical Storm Tammy, sent cascades of water down...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:12 AM 5:58 PM 10 hours and 46 minutes Rain began falling on this date in 1996, and would continue for about 30 hours as a coastal storm tapped moisture from Hurricane Lily and dumped tremendous rains over the region. 2 to 4 inches was common through most of Vermont,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:01 AM 6:11 PM 11 hours and 10 minutes Columbus landed in what is now the Bahamas on this date in 1492, and I wanted to note his meteorological connections, as he was the first European to write about a storm, known to the Guatemalan natives as a god called Hunrakan....
