by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:24 AM 4:16 PM 8 hours 1 minutes Cold and snow might be the expectations for Christmas, however, the coldest Christmas on modern records took things to the extreme on this date in 1980. Arctic gales drove temperatures down all day. Burlington, VT started the day at...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:15 AM 4:11 PM 8 hours 1 minutes If you are discouraged by the short days – often cloudy – and the long nights which will get longer until December 21st, then I have some encouraging information. This evening’s sunset is the earliest of the year, so your...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:59 AM 4:16 PM 9 hours 1 minutes The Great Appalachian Storm was raging on this date in 1950. Intense low pressure moved from central Pennsylvania into western New York, a position that historically favors strong southeast winds. But the intensity of the gale center...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:00 AM 4:15 PM 9 hours 1 minutes A sharp change in the weather pattern struck on this date in 1938. The first week of the month had featured record warmth. Then, following a powerful snowstorm on the 24th that dropped 10 to 20 inches over most of Vermont and New...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:01 AM 4:14 PM 9 hours 1 minutes Over a century ago, in 1899, a severe nor’easter wreaked havoc throughout New England. Heavy snow was blown into great drifts, and measured two feet on the level in southern New Hampshire, and 20 inches in Chelsea and Woodstock, VT....
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:02 AM 4:14 PM 9 hours 1 minutes A long, heavy storm of ice and snow was winding down on this date in 1921. Cold air from the 24th to the 26th became trapped as a coastal storm pushed into cold high pressure over Canada. The icing was most severe from Massachusetts...
