by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:17 AM 4:11 PM 8 hours 1 minutes Have you ever noticed how quiet it is when the snow is falling? Snow’s delicate and lacy structure is responsible for this. Those same fanciful crystals photographed by Wilson Bentley represent a multitude of surfaces for the sound...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:17 AM 4:11 PM 8 hours 1 minutes One of the snowiest winters of the 20th century got a late but impressive start on this date in 1915. A general snowfall of 1 to 2 feet across New York and Vermont diminished to less than 6 inches east of the Green Mountains in the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:18 AM 4:12 PM 8 hours 1 minutes Long before the term Global Warming had been coined, residents of the north country were basking in the warmest weather so late in the season on this date in 1901. Burlington’s high of 63 set the record for wamth so late in the season...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:19 AM 4:12 PM 8 hours 1 minutes The first of three strong storms to batter New England occurred on this date in 1839, and become one of the worst snowstorms of the 19th century. Strong winds created deep drifts blocking trains and all forms of travel. Hanover, NH...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:20 AM 4:12 PM 8 hours 1 minutes In 1835, perhaps the coldest daylight of the 1800’s was howling in on strong northwest winds. A very uniform cold resulted, with temperatures only changing a few degrees during the day. Midday readings included -16 in Brattleboro, -17...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:20 AM 4:12 PM 8 hours 1 minutes December’s long nights, and short days with a meager sun even on the sunniest of days means that spells of cold weather become increasingly common. One of the earliest extended spells of cold weather was at its worst on this date in...
