by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:25 AM 4:17 PM 8 hours 1 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 ensured that natural snow cover disappeared...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:25 AM 4:18 PM 8 hours 1 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 several days, the worst storm in 20...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:25 AM 4:19 PM 8 hours 1 minutes The great post-Christmas snowstorm was winding down on this date in 1969. Record snows fell in Burlington with 29.5 inches, and Montreal with 27.5 inches, while Waitsfield, VT was buried under 45 inches. In eastern Vermont, heavy snow...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:26 AM 4:19 PM 8 hours 1 minutes December’s coldest temperatures of modern record began on this date in 1933, and continued into the 30th. Burlington set records on the 29th and 30th with readings of -29 each day, but most significant was the cold air that settled...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:26 AM 4:20 PM 8 hours 1 minutes Over a century ago on this date, in 1917, the deepest part of the WWI cold wave sent thermometers to record levels. The coldest weather of the 20th century sent thermometers to -43 in St. Johnsbury, their all-time record low....
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:26 AM 4:21 PM 8 hours 1 minutes The last day of the year is the time for First Night celebrations. Average temperatures are in the teens during the evening hours, and two of three days see some snow, so cold and snow should not surprise us. A series of bitter cold...
