by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:43 AM 6:38 PM 11 hours and 55 minutes On this date in 1947 much of the northeast shivered with the coldest weather so early in the season. In the normally mild Champlain Valley, Burlington was a record 27, St. Johnsbury falling to 22. But the mountain valleys fell...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:50 AM 6:27 PM 11 hours and 37 minutes Early snowfalls are not always the signal of a tough winter on the way. Three inches of snow fell on this date in 1780 in Pomfret according to Jonathan Carpenter’s diary, and while the previous winter was harsh, the winter of...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:37 AM 6:48 PM 12 hours and 11 minutes Only about once each century does a full-blown hurricane cross New England and reach the interior. In the 19th century it was the Great September Gale of 1815 that roared up through Connecticut into Massachusetts and then New...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:27 AM 7:04 PM 12 hours and 37 minutes A brief but blistering hot spell is found in the record books on this date in 1948, when thermometers soared to 92 in both St. Johnsbury and in Burlington. This was the end of a long spell of warm and dry weather, marked by a...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:21 AM 7:14 PM 12 hours and 53 minutes After a relatively cool summer, on this date in 1945 a late-season heat wave was in progress. It started on the 6th when temperatures reached the upper 80s to low 90s, then peaked on the 7th at 94 in Burlington and 92 in St....
