by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:54 AM 7:44 PM 13 hours and 50 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...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:52 AM 7:46 PM 13 hours and 54 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...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:50 AM 7:47 PM 13 hours and 57 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...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:49 AM 7:48 PM 13 hours and 59 minutes The Passumpsic Valley was recovering from a flood on this date in 1866, which took out 4 bridges between Lyndonville and St. Johnsbury. But records from nearby Lancaster, NH and Lunenburg, VT indicate no excessive rains. It must...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:14 AM 7:30 PM 13 hours and 16 minutes Although the character of spring includes damp ground and mud season, it is the spring when forest fire danger is at its annual maximum here in northern New England, northern New York, and southern Quebec. Dead grass and...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:47 AM 7:49 PM 14 hours and 2 minutes Residents throughout northern New York and northern New England woke up to a mid-winter’s scene on this date in 1874. The heaviest snow storm of the snowiest April on record dropped 15 inches in Woodstock and Bethel, 18 inches in...
