by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:07 AM 5:01 PM 9 hours and 54 minutes Ground Hog Day finds its roots in ancient times, marking the half-way point between the first day of winter and the first day of spring. On this date in 1979, West Burke, VT began a stretch of 18 consecutive mornings below zero,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:05 AM 5:04 PM 9 hours and 59 minutes On this date in 1869, a heavy snow storm dumped 19 inches in Stratford, NH, and 22 inches in Craftsbury, VT. Thunderstorms reported in Hillsboro Co., NH at Antrim and Goffstown. Snow depths were raised to 4 to 5 feet through most...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:02 AM 5:07 PM 10 hours and 5 minutes On this date in 1855 severe cold was gripping the region. In Randolph, VT on the 6th the temperature ranged from -25 to a high of -18, while Hanover, NH had a mean temperature of 19 degrees below zero. By the following morning...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:00 AM 5:10 PM 10 hours and 10 minutes Tremendously cold air enveloped the region on this date in 1861, perhaps the coldest 24 hours in the 19th century. Temperatures fell throughout the 7th, bottoming out on the morning of the 8th at 32 below in Burlington, minus 36...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:23 AM 4:37 PM 9 hours and 14 minutes A special anniversary today for meteorology, but also photography, and even the realm of art, for it was on this date in 1885 that Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley took his first photo-micrograph of a snow crystal. He went on to...
