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...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:48 AM 7:06 PM 12 hours 1 minutes If you’ve March in January, you’ll have January in March, or so the old saying goes. Certainly there was cause to complain on this date in 1934, when a late season cold spell sent thermometers below zero, including 4...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:19 AM 7:26 PM 13 hours 1 minutes April’s reputation for changeable weather is legendary, thanks in part to this wonderful quote from Mark Twain. He said the weather “gets through more business in Spring than in any other season. In spring I have counted one hundred...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:46 AM 7:08 PM 12 hours 1 minutes The 1820s were the warmest decade of the 19th century. What snow had fallen was melting, adding to the heavy rains on this date in 1826 to result in severe flooding on the Connecticut, West, Williams, and Saxton rivers. All bridges...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:17 AM 7:27 PM 13 hours 1 minutes Spring has usually made some type of appearance by now, but “April brings along what March left behind” as the old adage goes. For example, on this date in 1956, the snow was still piling up over the mountains. After a snowy March,...
