by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:12 AM 4:11 PM 8 hours and 59 minutes On this date 26 years ago, in 1998, people were walking around in t-shirts as the warmest December weather of the 20th century sent thermometers into the 60s. Burlington tied its December record at 67, while St. Johnsbury and...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:24 AM 4:15 PM 8 hours and 51 minutes “The weather outside is frightful”, or at least cold and snowy most years at this time. But thermometers edged into the 50s and low 60s on this date in 1990, melting the thin coating of snow in the valleys, and reducing it...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:13 AM 4:11 PM 8 hours and 58 minutes It was in 1996 on this date, that a classic nor’easter was winding down with a deep snowfall. 5 to 8 inches fell in the Champlain Valley and northeastern New York, but mainly 1 to 2 feet fell elsewhere, causing widespread power...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:24 AM 4:16 PM 8 hours and 52 minutes Back-to-back snow storms from the 22nd to the 24th brought heavy snow to much of New England in 1970. 12 to 18 inches of snow added to the snow already on the ground to bring depths of 2 to 3 feet through all of northern New...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:14 AM 4:11 PM 8 hours and 57 minutes Today marks the beginning of the coldest 91 days of the season according to the long-term temperature averages – and is thus considered the start of meteorological winter. Although the daylight will begin to increase in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:24 AM 4:16 PM 8 hours and 52 minutes Cold and snow might be the expectations for Christmas, however, the coldest Christmas on modern records took things to the extreme on this date in 1980. Arctic gales drove temperatures down all day. Burlington, VT started the day...
