by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:03 AM 6:56 PM 11 hours and 53 minutes Beware the Ides of March…not some astrological prediction or vision of fate. Instead, we are on the cusp of the season of spring – a season capable of just about anything! On this date in 1972, late winter was making...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:55 AM 7:01 PM 12 hours and 6 minutes The second of two heavy rains fell on this date in 1936, resulting in the worst all-New England flooding on record. The combination of rainfall of 3 to 6 inches, and melting of a water-laden snow-pack forced the Connecticut River...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:24 AM 5:41 PM 11 hours and 17 minutes In most years, March features cycles of freezing and thawing temperatures, favored by maple sugar producers. But this also changes the structure of the remaining snow to “corn snow”, as droplets of water formed...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:01 AM 6:58 PM 11 hours and 57 minutes Although some years winter still has the upper hand, on this date in 1990, spring was well underway. Muddy roads and rapidly melting snow were under foot, while the sunny skies sent thermometers soaring into the 70s and 80s....
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:06 AM 6:54 PM 11 hours and 48 minutes Heavy, wet snow and strong winds made a mess of things on this date in 1962. After 5 inches of snow, strong south winds gusting to 81 mph in Bennington changed snow to rain, and knocked down trees and power lines. Farther north...
