Monday, April 29, 2024

5:44 AM 7:52 PM 14 hours 1 minutes On this day in 1874, it was snowing again in northern New England. The final installment of snow in a very snowy month brought another 10 inches of snow to Woodstock, VT, raising the snow on the ground to over 30 inches. 12 inches of...

Sunday, April 14, 2024

6:08 AM 7:33 PM 13 hours 1 minutes In 1992, a late-season snowstorm on the 11th and 12th set the stage for a cold morning on the 14th – setting records in Portland, ME at 21 degrees, but many single numbers inland, including a record 9 in St. Johnsbury. Where...

Monday, April 15, 2024

6:07 AM 7:35 PM 13 hours 1 minutes In most years, maple sugaring is done by now, or nearly so, and we move on to other activities. However, following one of the most severe winters of the 18th century, the famous Long Winter of 1798-99, sugaring finally began in...

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

6:05 AM 7:36 PM 13 hours 1 minutes On this date in 1992, a second snow storm followed a record cold spell to top off the winter season, as it were. 4 to 8 inches of snow fell throughout the region, but in the higher terrain in the north, snow cover had not completely...

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

6:03 AM 7:37 PM 13 hours 1 minutes An interesting weather week was finishing up on this date in 1976. It started with an inch or two of snow on Monday. But by the 17th a heat wave that developed in the middle of the country headed east, pushing temperatures into the...

Thursday, April 18, 2024

6:02 AM 7:38 PM 13 hours 1 minutes Almost 30 years ago, April of 1996 was a very snowy one across the higher elevations of New York and northern New England. On this date Peru, VT watched another seven inches of snow pile up, with 15 inches at the base lodge at Jay...