by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:57 AM 7:42 PM 13 hours 1 minutes Spring appeared to be well underway on this date, in 1993. Temperatures reached the 60s in most places just ahead of a cold front. By evening, rain had turned to snow in the Adirondacks. While mild rains fell in Vermont, 19 inches of...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:55 AM 7:43 PM 13 hours 1 minutes Today is Earth Day, an event dating back to the 1970s. Thinking about the phrase, “think globally, act locally” I like to use this date to do a little hands-on work. Though the challenge varies widely through our region, I always try...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:54 AM 7:44 PM 13 hours 1 minutes On this day in 1996, it was raining. Of course that isn’t exciting in and of itself, but the month of April, 21 years ago, was the wettest ever on a state-wide basis. A cold, wet backwards spring featured some 6 to 9 inches of...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:52 AM 7:46 PM 13 hours 1 minutes April of 1852 was a stormy, cold month. After 33 inches of snow during the month in Hanover, NH, a mild, thawing rain sent the rivers into high flood, including the “greatest flood ever known” up to that time in Wells...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:50 AM 7:47 PM 13 hours 1 minutes April is not known for its heat waves, though they do make brief appearances every decade. It might seem that has happened more often in recent years, but well-over a century ago on this date, in 1913, thermometers soared into the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:15 AM 7:29 PM 13 hours 1 minutes March of 1945 was the warmest on record up until that time. Not surprisingly, poor sugaring was noted. And on this date in 1945 the warmth extended into the month of April. Burlington began a stretch of 4 days with temperatures in...
