by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:45 AM 4:24 PM 9 hours and 39 minutes On this date in 2003, a soaking rain on the night of the 13th changed to snow, continuing into the 14th. Valleys saw a light coating, but strengthening winds behind the storm lifted moist air over the mountains, leaving over a...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:25 AM 5:43 PM 10 hours and 18 minutes Over a decade on this date, in 2011, the greatest October snowstorm on record was tapering off. Only a dusting fell in the Champlain Valley, but 8 to 16 inches fell in southern VT, including 16 inches in Marlboro, and 1 to 2...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:46 AM 4:23 PM 9 hours and 37 minutes The cold winter of 1933 and ’34 experienced the first of many arctic intrusions on this date in 1933. The coldest air so early in the season dropped thermometers to 9 in Burlington, only recovering to the teens. By the morning of...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:26 AM 5:41 PM 10 hours and 15 minutes Halloween is often haunted by memories of trick-or-treating in the snow, or in the cold, but before the days of various miniature cherubs dressed as their favorite hero or greatest nightmare, October’s coldest weather frightened...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:47 AM 4:22 PM 9 hours and 35 minutes On this date in 1927, while Vermonter’s were still very busy cleaning up from the tremendous flooding, the weather brought a very welcomed reprieve from the encroaching cold of winter. A spell of “Faux Summer” sent...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:27 AM 5:40 PM 10 hours and 13 minutes The first day of November greets us with the half-way point between fall and winter. The ancient peoples of western Europe knew this as Samhain – meaning literally “summer’s end”, but was actually their New Year. As one...
