by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:37 AM 5:30 PM 10 hours and 53 minutes On this date in 1972, following a fierce snowstorm which reached blizzard proportions on the 20th, dropping some 12 to 18 inches of snow, a late-season spell of arctic cold gripped the north country. Readings plunged to -34 in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:34 AM 5:33 PM 10 hours and 59 minutes An interesting weather note is found in the records for this date in 1936. 3 inches of brown, dirty snow had fallen from the sky as noted in a St. Johnsbury diary, most likely due to dust storms in the Great Plains. While...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:31 AM 5:36 PM 11 hours and 5 minutes Have February’s been getting snowier? Many locations have seen their snowiest February either in 2007, 2008, or 2011, and across southern portions of VT and NH in 2015, with monthly totals of 40 to 50 inches quite common....
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:27 AM 5:38 PM 11 hours and 11 minutes The third of three heavy snowfalls occurred on this date in 1804. Yale University President John Day, likely relying on press reports, noted 4 to 6 feet of snow on the ground throughout New England in his weather journal. This...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:06 AM 5:03 PM 9 hours and 57 minutes We were in the midst of a very long siege of cold weather during the first week of February, 1961. Starting on January 10th, and continuing through February 9th, West Burke, VT’s thermometer dropped below zero, a solid 31...
