March 16, 2026

7:01 AM 6:58 PM 11 hours and 57 minutes Although some years winter still has the upper hand, on this date in 1990, spring was well underway. Muddy roads and rapidly melting snow were under foot, while the sunny skies sent thermometers soaring into the 70s and 80s....

March 17, 2026

6:59 AM 6:59 PM 12 hours and 0 minutes It is St. Patrick’s Day, and not the weather, that usually brings green to our part of the world. In an average year snow cover is now gone from the Champlain Valley and the lower elevations of the southern counties of...

March 2, 2026

6:26 AM 5:40 PM 11 hours and 14 minutes On this date in 1900 the last flakes of one of late-winter’s masterpieces were trickling down after depositing record-breaking snow from the Great Plains to New England. Locally 21 inches fell in Burlington, 31 inches in...

March 18, 2026

6:57 AM 7:00 PM 12 hours and 3 minutes More than a half century ago on this date, severe cold gripped the region in 1967, following a fresh snowfall of 3 to 6 inches. The coldest readings so late in the season were recorded in St. Johnsbury, reaching 14 below zero on...

March 3, 2026

6:24 AM 5:41 PM 11 hours and 17 minutes In most years, March features cycles of freezing and thawing temperatures, favored by maple sugar producers. But this also changes the structure of the remaining snow to “corn snow”, as droplets of water formed...

March 19, 2026

6:55 AM 7:01 PM 12 hours and 6 minutes The second of two heavy rains fell on this date in 1936, resulting in the worst all-New England flooding on record. The combination of rainfall of 3 to 6 inches, and melting of a water-laden snow-pack forced the Connecticut River...