by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:22 AM 4:14 PM 8 hours 1 minutes A winter solstice deep freeze was underway on this date in 1955. Three consecutive mornings from the 21st to the 23rd brought record low temperatures state wide. Burlington and Montpelier both bottomed out at –22°F, Montpelier’s...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:23 AM 4:14 PM 8 hours 1 minutes The word solstice comes from the Latin, meaning “sun standing still”, and so it appears along the southwest horizon. In only a few days the sun will begin to creep back toward the north, setting due west on the first day of spring....
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:11 AM 4:11 PM 9 hours 1 minutes A very warm spell was just ending here on the eve of the bombing of Pearl Harbor on this date in 1941. Burlington set its December record of 67 on the 5th, while St. Johnsbury was 52 on the 6th. Light rain fell, and was remembered by...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:23 AM 4:15 PM 8 hours 1 minutes Six years ago on this date, 2018 experienced a “solstice thaw”, with 1 to 2 inches of rain, plus an additional 1 to 3 inches of melting snow, breaking up early ice on the rivers, and resulting in significant flooding along...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:12 AM 4:11 PM 8 hours 1 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, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:24 AM 4:15 PM 8 hours 1 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...
