by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:22 AM 5:42 PM 11 hours and 20 minutes The greatest amount of snow from a single storm in Vermont was recorded on this date in 1947. Its impacts were felt mainly at the higher elevations of the southern Green Mountains, where Readsboro, at an elevation of 1100 feet,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:53 AM 7:03 PM 12 hours and 10 minutes Like something out of modern-day politics, the election of Thomas Jefferson in March 1801, the first change in party leadership in the U.S., became a scapegoat, blaming Jefferson for the floodwaters cresting across northern New...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:20 AM 5:44 PM 11 hours and 24 minutes The first of two heavy snowfalls came 55 years ago on this date, in 1971, part of four very snowy winters in a row, and in many locations the snowiest winter on record. This included the capital of Montpelier, where 17 inches...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:52 AM 7:04 PM 12 hours and 12 minutes Fourteen years ago, March 2012 was the warmest on record for most locations. The warmest First Day of Spring saw thermometers climb to 80 or more, the earliest it has reached 80 degrees on modern record. Global warming? Perhaps,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:19 AM 5:45 PM 11 hours and 26 minutes Following record warmth in February, on this date, in 1984, thermometers tumbled below zero for the first of seven days in a row in most northern valleys in Vermont and New Hampshire. This is the latest that an extended spell of...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:17 AM 5:46 PM 11 hours and 29 minutes The second heavy snowfall in a week dumped 10 to 20 inches of snow through northern New England on this date in 1971, part of the snowiest winter of the 20th century. Snow depths on the ground reached 53 inches in Rochester, 55...
