by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:00 AM 7:40 PM 13 hours 1 minutes A rare April heat wave was climaxing on this date during the Bicentennial year of the United States, 1976. Thermometers reached mid-summer levels, including 90 degrees in Montpelier and St. Johnsbury, 91 in Burlington, and 97 in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
5:58 AM 7:41 PM 13 hours 1 minutes Spring is obviously not a smooth progression forward, but is fraught with set backs, such as the heavy, wet snowstorm that hit on this date in 1953. Most lower elevations experienced a cold rain, while the higher elevations collected...
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
6:50 AM 7:05 PM 12 hours 1 minutes Late winter storm’s are very much a part of early spring weather. And it was on this date in 1998 that we were shoveling and digging out of such a storm. A storm in the Ohio Valley gave way to one on the east coast, delivering...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:21 AM 7:25 PM 13 hours 1 minutes Record cold was noted on this date in 1982, in the wake of a late-season blizzard that whipped through with 1 to 2 feet of snow. Single number readings were widespread, dipping to 8 degrees in Cavendish and Dorset in southern...
