by FLEK Admin | Dec 27, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:25 AM Sunset: 4:18 PM Length of the day: 8 hours and 53 minutes A heavy snowstorm for central and southern New England roared up the coast on this date in 1866; Wilmington, VT had 25 inches of snow with tremendous blowing and drifting, roads impassible for...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 26, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:25 AM Sunset: 4:17 PM Length of the day: 8 hours and 52 minutes The first of two warm spells began on this date in 1982, with many communities climbing above 60 degrees, including Rochester and Montpelier, VT at 63, and Berlin, NH topping out at 64. This...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 25, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:24 AM Sunset: 4:16 PM Length of the day: 8 hours and 52 minutes Cold and snow might be the expectations for Christmas, however, the coldest Christmas on modern records took things to the extreme on this date in 1980. Arctic gales drove temperatures down all...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 24, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:24 AM Sunset: 4:16 PM Length of the day: 8 hours and 52 minutes Back-to-back snow storms from the 22nd to the 24th brought heavy snow to much of New England in 1970. 12 to 18 inches of snow added to the snow already on the ground to bring depths of 2 to 3...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 23, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:24 AM Sunset: 4:15 PM Length of the day: 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...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 22, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:23 AM Sunset: 4:15 PM Length of the day: 8 hours and 52 minutes Six 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,...