December 20, 2026

7:22 AM 4:14 PM 8 hours and 52 minutes A winter solstice deep freeze was underway on this date in 1955. Three consecutive mornings from the 21st to the 23rd brought record low temperatures state wide. Burlington and Montpelier both bottomed out at –22°F, Montpelier’s...

December 17, 2026

7:20 AM 4:12 PM 8 hours and 52 minutes December’s long nights, and short days with a meager sun even on the sunniest of days means that spells of cold weather become increasingly common. One of the earliest extended spells of cold weather was at its worst on this date...

December 22, 2026

7:23 AM 4:15 PM 8 hours and 52 minutes Seven years ago on this date, 2018 experienced a “solstice thaw”, with 1 to 2 inches of rain, plus an additional 1 to 3 inches of melting snow, breaking up early ice on the rivers, and resulting in significant...

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 23, 2026

7:24 AM 4:15 PM 8 hours and 51 minutes “The weather outside is frightful”, or at least cold and snowy most years at this time. But thermometers edged into the 50s and low 60s on this date in 1990, melting the thin coating of snow in the valleys, and reducing it...