by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:26 AM 4:24 PM 8 hours and 58 minutes The Great Snow of 2010 buried western VT on this date, with 2 to 3 feet of snow on this date. A storm drifting west from the Atlantic forced a persistent feed of moisture through the Champlain Valley and the western slopes of the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:26 AM 4:26 PM 9 hours and 0 minutes One of the coldest winters of the 19th century was that of 1834-35. On this date the severest of the cold that winter sent temperatures well below zero, freezing mercury thermometers at -40, such as those at Montpelier and White...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:25 AM 4:28 PM 9 hours and 3 minutes Some January thaws feature a gentle breeze and pleasant spells of sunshine, as was the case on this date in 1936, thermometers reaching the 50s. But on this same date in 1841, the Connecticut river was choked with broken ice and...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:23 AM 4:36 PM 9 hours and 13 minutes A January thaw in 1934 ended on this date with a monstrous snowstorm, which turns out to be the fifth greatest snowfall in a 24 hour period for Burlington, VT. 24.2 inches piled up, and was followed by one of the coldest...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:22 AM 4:39 PM 9 hours and 17 minutes Dusting off some of the older record books on this date in 1831, a heavy coastal storm produced 8 to 10 inches of snow in Keene, NH with much blowing and drifting. The snow was heaviest from southern New England down into...
