by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:42 AM 4:26 PM 9 hours and 44 minutes A heavy, wet snow storm on this date, November 12th, in 1968 brought 6 to 12 inches in many valleys, while 12 to 24 inches was common on the mountains. Readsboro measured 12 inches, and 11 inches had to be shoveled in St. Albans....
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:01 AM 6:11 PM 11 hours and 10 minutes Columbus landed in what is now the Bahamas on this date in 1492, and I wanted to note his meteorological connections, as he was the first European to write about a storm, known to the Guatemalan natives as a god called Hunrakan....
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:03 AM 6:10 PM 11 hours and 7 minutes The third in a series of early season snowfalls took place on this date in 1836, bringing snow all the way down into the valleys after the first two just dusted the mountains. Residents of Hanover, NH awoke to three inches of...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:04 AM 6:08 PM 11 hours and 4 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 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:05 AM 6:06 PM 11 hours and 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 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:06 AM 6:05 PM 10 hours and 59 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...
