by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:10 AM 6:00 PM 10 hours and 50 minutes One of October’s longest and warmest spells of Gossamer Summer was drawing to a hazy, stagnant close on this date in 1947. For the fourth day in a row, the thermometer reached or exceeded 80 degrees in Burlington, with figures...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 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 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:00 AM 6:13 PM 11 hours and 13 minutes October and November are frequented by extended intervals of warm weather, sometimes called “Gossamer Summer”. Unlike other times of the year, these spells will set records for three or four days in a row. This is...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:06 AM 6:05 PM 10 hours and 59 minutes Many birds are on the wing this time of year, as insect-eaters are finding the pickings becoming more scarce. Yellow-rumped warblers are joined by song sparrows, flickers, woodcocks, killdeer and bluebirds. Robins may be...
