by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:04 AM 6:08 PM 11 hours 1 minutes A lengthy cold snap was underway on this date in 1937. Beginning with the 12th, and lasting through the 17th, thermometers fell into the teens, severely damaging vegetation in southern portions of Vermont and New Hampshire as a...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:05 AM 6:06 PM 11 hours 1 minutes The north-south orientation of the Champlain valley bounded by relatively high mountains through the Adirondacks and Green Mountains, forces south winds to accelerate through with greater speed. When Hurricane Hazel pushed into...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:06 AM 6:05 PM 10 hours 1 minutes Many birds are on the wing this time of year, as insect-eaters are finding the pickings becoming more scarce. Yellow-rumped warblers are joined by song sparrows, flickers, woodcocks, killdeer and bluebirds. Robins may be flocking,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:08 AM 6:03 PM 10 hours 1 minutes “Early winter is surely winter” as the old adage goes. A British-led Mohawk raiding party attacked Royalton, VT on this date in 1780, with mid-winter conditions, including 8 inches of snow on the ground. Although the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:09 AM 6:01 PM 10 hours 1 minutes On this date in 1783, the second tropical storm system of the month was close enough to bring heavy precipitation, but far enough east to draw cold air from the north into its circulation. This changed rain to snow through out most...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:10 AM 6:00 PM 10 hours 1 minutes One of October’s longest and warmest spells of Gossamer Summer was drawing to a hazy, stagnant close on this date in 1947. For the fourth day in a row, the thermometer reached or exceeded 80 degrees in Burlington, with figures of 84,...
