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
6:44 AM 6:37 PM 11 hours and 53 minutes It was on this date in 1836 that snow was noted on the tops of the mountains of extreme southern Vermont. The temperature in the valley at Bennington registered 34, while an observer in Williamstown, MA, just two miles south of...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:47 AM 6:33 PM 11 hours and 46 minutes By the end of September, the weather records of interest are often those of cold and snow, which might sound discouraging. However, there is little interest in making much of a fuss over a spell of days with temperatures in the...
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
6:39 AM 6:46 PM 12 hours and 7 minutes The earliest general snowfall on records took place on this date in 1885. As would be expected, the mountains had the greatest amounts, including 12 inches on Mt. Mansfield with drifts to 3 feet. Similar amounts were reported in...
