by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:55 AM 7:43 PM 13 hours and 48 minutes Today is Earth Day, an event dating back to the 1970s. Thinking about the phrase, “think globally, act locally” I like to use this date to do a little hands-on work. Though the challenge varies widely through our region, I...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:54 AM 7:44 PM 13 hours and 50 minutes On this day in 1996, it was raining. Of course that isn’t exciting in and of itself, but the month of April, 21 years ago, was the wettest ever on a state-wide basis. A cold, wet backwards spring featured some 6 to 9...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:48 AM 7:06 PM 12 hours and 18 minutes If you’ve March in January, you’ll have January in March, or so the old saying goes. Certainly there was cause to complain on this date in 1934, when a late season cold spell sent thermometers below zero, including 4...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:19 AM 7:26 PM 13 hours and 7 minutes New York, northern VT, southern Quebec and northern NH were treated to a Total Solar Eclipse last year on this date in 2024. For areas in the Champlain Valley, it was the first total eclipse since 1569, before European settlers...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:46 AM 7:08 PM 12 hours and 22 minutes The 1820s were the warmest decade of the 19th century. What snow had fallen was melting, adding to the heavy rains on this date in 1826 to result in severe flooding on the Connecticut, West, Williams, and Saxton rivers. All...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:17 AM 7:27 PM 13 hours and 10 minutes Spring has usually made some type of appearance by now, but “April brings along what March left behind” as the old adage goes. For example, on this date in 1956, the snow was still piling up over the mountains. After a snowy...
