by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:12 AM 4:55 PM 9 hours and 43 minutes 1844 featured a week of bitter cold weather from the 25th to February 1st, perhaps the longest of the 19th century. Minimum temperatures in Randolph, VT were -6, -26, -36, -42, -34, -32, -35, and -32. The morning of the 28th was...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:58 AM 5:11 PM 10 hours and 13 minutes On this date in 1969, heavy snow was piling up, driven by strong winds, the first of two tremendous snowstorms that month. 20 inches was measured in Bethlehem and Rumney, NH, while Vernon, VT had to dig out of 23 and a half...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:08 AM 5:00 PM 9 hours and 52 minutes Just as the clock struck midnight on this date in 1920, Northfield, VT set the state record for the highest barometric reading, that of 31.14 inches. High pressure in the winter is invariably the result of the weight of very cold...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:06 AM 5:03 PM 9 hours and 57 minutes We were in the midst of a very long siege of cold weather during the first week of February, 1961. Starting on January 10th, and continuing through February 9th, West Burke, VT’s thermometer dropped below zero, a solid 31...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:03 AM 5:06 PM 10 hours and 3 minutes This is the date when Lake Champlain freezes over, using averages that extend back to 1816, though the lake does not freeze completely every winter. The colder weather of the 19th century, and the more meticulous observations of...
