December 19, 2026

7:22 AM 4:13 PM 8 hours and 51 minutes 1998 featured the warmest December of record for most locations in northern New England, yet that year on this date, Burlington set a snowfall record! Low pressure tracking up the east coast gave a quick 5 to 10 inches of snow to...

December 13, 2026

7:17 AM 4:11 PM 8 hours and 54 minutes One of the snowiest winters of the 20th century got a late but impressive start on this date in 1915. A general snowfall of 1 to 2 feet across New York and Vermont diminished to less than 6 inches east of the Green Mountains in...

December 14, 2026

7:18 AM 4:12 PM 8 hours and 54 minutes Long before the term Global Warming had been coined, residents of the north country were basking in the warmest weather so late in the season on this date in 1901. Burlington’s high of 63 set the record for wamth so late in the...

December 26, 2026

7:25 AM 4:17 PM 8 hours and 52 minutes The first of two warm spells began on this date in 1982, with many communities climbing above 60 degrees, including Rochester and Montpelier, VT at 63, and Berlin, NH topping out at 64. This ensured that natural snow cover...

December 21, 2026

7:23 AM 4:14 PM 8 hours and 51 minutes The word solstice comes from the Latin, meaning “sun standing still”, and so it appears along the southwest horizon. In only a few days the sun will begin to creep back toward the north, setting due west on the first day of...