by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:37 AM 6:48 PM 12 hours and 11 minutes Only about once each century does a full-blown hurricane cross New England and reach the interior. In the 19th century it was the Great September Gale of 1815 that roared up through Connecticut into Massachusetts and then New...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:39 AM 6:46 PM 12 hours and 7 minutes The earliest general snowfall on records took place on this date in 1885. As would be expected, the mountains had the greatest amounts, including 12 inches on Mt. Mansfield with drifts to 3 feet. Similar amounts were reported in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:40 AM 6:44 PM 12 hours and 4 minutes Cold spells are common during the last week of September, with the average first frosts noted at Montpelier, Newport, Readsboro, Rochester, Rutland, and St. Johnsbury all occurring between today and the weekend. Of course...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:41 AM 6:42 PM 12 hours and 1 minutes On this date in 1950, residents of most of the northeastern U.S., from the Great Lakes to the mid-Atlantic coast east to Maine, as well as neighboring provinces of Quebec and Ontario watched the sun fade as a dense pall of smoke...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:42 AM 6:40 PM 11 hours and 58 minutes If there ever was a year famous in New England weather annals, it is that of 1816. And in that year on this date, the final straw came in the form of severe cold, lasting from the 26th through the 29th, with frost throughout New...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:43 AM 6:38 PM 11 hours and 55 minutes On this date in 1947 much of the northeast shivered with the coldest weather so early in the season. In the normally mild Champlain Valley, Burlington was a record 27, St. Johnsbury falling to 22. But the mountain valleys fell...
