by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:01 AM 6:11 PM 11 hours 1 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. Some...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:03 AM 6:10 PM 11 hours 1 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 snow,...
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...
