Friday, December 06, 2024

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...

Sunday, December 22, 2024

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...

Saturday, December 07, 2024

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...

Monday, December 23, 2024

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...

Sunday, December 08, 2024

7:13 AM 4:11 PM 8 hours 1 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...

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

7:24 AM 4:16 PM 8 hours 1 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 England,...