by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:57 AM 7:00 PM 12 hours and 3 minutes More than a half century ago on this date, severe cold gripped the region in 1967, following a fresh snowfall of 3 to 6 inches. The coldest readings so late in the season were recorded in St. Johnsbury, reaching 14 below zero on...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:55 AM 7:01 PM 12 hours and 6 minutes The second of two heavy rains fell on this date in 1936, resulting in the worst all-New England flooding on record. The combination of rainfall of 3 to 6 inches, and melting of a water-laden snow-pack forced the Connecticut River...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:53 AM 7:03 PM 12 hours and 10 minutes Like something out of modern-day politics, the election of Thomas Jefferson in March 1801, the first change in party leadership in the U.S., became a scapegoat, blaming Jefferson for the floodwaters cresting across northern New...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:52 AM 7:04 PM 12 hours and 12 minutes Fourteen years ago, March 2012 was the warmest on record for most locations. The warmest First Day of Spring saw thermometers climb to 80 or more, the earliest it has reached 80 degrees on modern record. Global warming? Perhaps,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:32 AM 5:34 PM 11 hours and 2 minutes A storm from the 26th to the 27th in 1869 marked the third big dumping of snow of a very snowy month. By month’s end Randolph, VT reported 37.5 inches, and Woodstock, VT totaled 40 inches. The snow in Lunenburg, VT was four...
