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
6:52 AM 7:04 PM 12 hours and 12 minutes Fourteen years ago, March 2012 was the warmest on record for most locations. The warmest First Day of Spring saw thermometers climb to 80 or more, the earliest it has reached 80 degrees on modern record. Global warming? Perhaps,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:26 AM 5:40 PM 11 hours and 14 minutes On this date in 1900 the last flakes of one of late-winter’s masterpieces were trickling down after depositing record-breaking snow from the Great Plains to New England. Locally 21 inches fell in Burlington, 31 inches in...
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
6:22 AM 5:42 PM 11 hours and 20 minutes The greatest amount of snow from a single storm in Vermont was recorded on this date in 1947. Its impacts were felt mainly at the higher elevations of the southern Green Mountains, where Readsboro, at an elevation of 1100 feet,...
