by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:57 AM 7:42 PM 13 hours and 45 minutes Spring appeared to be well underway on this date, in 1993. Temperatures reached the 60s in most places just ahead of a cold front. By evening, rain had turned to snow in the Adirondacks. While mild rains fell in Vermont, 19...
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
6:50 AM 7:05 PM 12 hours and 15 minutes The first days of spring can easily revert to their winter habits. Just two years ago in 2024, a second heavy snowstorm of the month piled up 1 to 2 feet of snow across most of VT and NH. Claremont and Woodsville, NH had to...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:21 AM 7:25 PM 13 hours and 4 minutes Record cold was noted on this date in 1982, in the wake of a late-season blizzard that whipped through with 1 to 2 feet of snow. Single number readings were widespread, dipping to 8 degrees in Cavendish and Dorset in southern...
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...
