by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:11 AM 4:11 PM 9 hours and 0 minutes A very warm spell was just ending here on the eve of the bombing of Pearl Harbor on this date in 1941. Burlington set its December record of 67 on the 5th, while St. Johnsbury was 52 on the 6th. Light rain fell, and was remembered...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:08 AM 4:12 PM 9 hours and 4 minutes An early season arctic front dropped temperatures throughout the day on this date in 1940. Readings fell from 13 above zero to 15 below zero in Burlington by midnight, and set early season records the next morning, including –27...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:03 AM 4:13 PM 9 hours and 10 minutes Arctic gales swept into the region on this date in 1875, temperatures plunging in Newport from 32 at 7 AM to –8 below zero at 9 PM that evening. As the cold deepened the next day Burlington set a record for its coldest November...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:01 AM 4:14 PM 9 hours and 13 minutes Over a century ago, in 1899, a severe nor’easter wreaked havoc throughout New England. Heavy snow was blown into great drifts, and measured two feet on the level in southern New Hampshire, and 20 inches in Chelsea and Woodstock,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:59 AM 4:16 PM 9 hours and 17 minutes The Great Appalachian Storm was raging on this date in 1950. Intense low pressure moved from central Pennsylvania into western New York, a position that historically favors strong southeast winds. But the intensity of the gale...
