by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:21 AM 4:13 PM 8 hours 1 minutes December is often on the edge of linger warmth and fresh batches of cold arctic air. Such was the case in 1961 on this date, when a very heavy mix of snow and freezing rain caused wide-spread power outages. The cold air was thickest...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:22 AM 4:13 PM 8 hours 1 minutes 1998 featured the warmest December of record for most locations in northern New England, yet that year on this date, Burlington set a snowfall record! Low pressure tracking up the east coast gave a quick 5 to 10 inches of snow to the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:50 AM 4:21 PM 9 hours 1 minutes Looking back to the 1960s, snowmaking was only a dream for ski areas, so early snows were always a great bonus. Ski areas hit the jackpot on this date in 1965, when 8 to 16 inches blanketed the northern portions of New York, Vermont,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:09 AM 4:12 PM 9 hours 1 minutes A rather nasty storm struck the northeast on this date in 1964. Cold air wedged into place from arctic high pressure was shallow enough to allow warm air to move up and over it from a storm along the east coast. A mix of ice, sleet,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:51 AM 4:20 PM 9 hours 1 minutes The first of two coastal storms struck southernmost Vermont and central and southern New Hampshire with a foot of snow in Readsboro and Vernon, VT on this date in 1986. Winds gusted to 50 mph near the Massachusetts border, and...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:10 AM 4:12 PM 9 hours 1 minutes Residents enjoyed a balmy December day on this date in 1941. Warm weather surged north into eastern New York and western Vermont, Burlington recording its warmest December temperature of the century at 67, while Enosburg Falls set the...
