by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:25 AM 5:43 PM 10 hours and 18 minutes Over a decade on this date, in 2011, the greatest October snowstorm on record was tapering off. Only a dusting fell in the Champlain Valley, but 8 to 16 inches fell in southern VT, including 16 inches in Marlboro, and 1 to 2...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:27 AM 5:40 PM 10 hours and 13 minutes The first day of November greets us with the half-way point between fall and winter. The ancient peoples of western Europe knew this as Samhain – meaning literally “summer’s end”, but was actually their New Year. As one...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:41 AM 4:28 PM 9 hours and 47 minutes The European continent knew late spells of warmth that melted the early frosts and snows as St. Martin’s Summer. Although St. Martin’s Day, or Martinmas, occurs specifically on the 11th, the name became synonymous with the mild...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:47 AM 4:22 PM 9 hours and 35 minutes On this date in 1927, while Vermonter’s were still very busy cleaning up from the tremendous flooding, the weather brought a very welcomed reprieve from the encroaching cold of winter. A spell of “Faux Summer” sent...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:31 AM 4:36 PM 10 hours and 5 minutes Just how much rain fell during the Flood of 1927, whose waters reached their maximum on this date? The highest total came from Somerset, VT, high in the southern Green Mountains, with 9.65 inches from the 2nd to the 4th. 8.66...
