by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:33 AM 6:55 PM 12 hours and 22 minutes There are many notes of very smokey air throughout New England from the 10th to the 18th of September in 1908. Forest fires in Canada sent a great deal of smoke south on prevailing northwest winds. Extremely dry weather that...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:52 AM 6:26 PM 11 hours and 34 minutes The earliest heavy snowfall on modern record dumped up to 20 inches across the higher elevations of southwest Vermont, including 18 inches in Pownal on this date, in 1987. The snow was primarily west of the Connecticut River as...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:46 AM 6:35 PM 11 hours and 49 minutes On this date in 1844, a rather early start to the winter startled residents. Several inches of snow fell over higher elevations of the northeast from Pennsylvania to Maine. 6 inches was noted in Wheelock, VT, in the heart of the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:34 AM 6:53 PM 12 hours and 19 minutes General Martin Field, who compiled weather records over many years from Newfane, VT, noted on this date in 1827, heavy rains began, and when they let up on the 21st, 8 inches of rain had fallen. Considering the time of year, it...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:55 AM 6:20 PM 11 hours and 25 minutes New England is hardly the place we think a lot about earthquakes, though we get a pretty good jolt now and then. The majority of our quakes are known as mid-plate quakes, resulting from stresses in the middle of the North...
