by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:42 AM 5:26 PM 10 hours and 44 minutes February of 1934 is the coldest February, and the second coldest month on record. Cold weather is most often dry, however on this date in 1934, the only significant snowfall of the month occurred. Intense low pressure just south...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:41 AM 5:28 PM 10 hours and 47 minutes The longest siege of arctic weather on modern records finally ended on this date in 1979. West Burke and Enosburg Falls recorded 18 straight mornings of below zero temperatures, dropping as low as -37 in West Burke, and -38 in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:19 AM 4:45 PM 9 hours and 26 minutes January thaws are always a mixed blessing. Naturally the skiers don’t find as much pleasure and delight as they would with a fresh foot of powder, and as our recent thaw demonstrated, rain following cold weather can lead to icy...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:02 AM 5:07 PM 10 hours and 5 minutes On this date in 1855 severe cold was gripping the region. In Randolph, VT on the 6th the temperature ranged from -25 to a high of -18, while Hanover, NH had a mean temperature of 19 degrees below zero. By the following morning...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:18 AM 4:46 PM 9 hours and 28 minutes Going way back in the records, we find on this date in 1906 we were in the midst of a tremendous January thaw. Temperatures reached the 50s and 60s from the 20th to the 23rd, Burlington reaching 59 on the 22, and 64 on the 23rd,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:01 AM 5:08 PM 10 hours and 7 minutes One of New England’s greatest snowstorms brought eastern and southern New England 20 to 40 inches of snow, whipped into drifts of 5 to 10 feet, in the cold and snowy winter of 1978. In southern and eastern portions of...
