by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:27 AM 5:38 PM 11 hours 1 minutes The third of three heavy snowfalls occurred on this date in 1804. Yale University President John Day, likely relying on press reports, noted 4 to 6 feet of snow on the ground throughout New England in his weather journal. This heavy...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:59 AM 6:59 PM 12 hours 1 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 Vermont...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:50 AM 5:20 PM 10 hours 1 minutes February gave a lesson in how volatile winter weather can be on this date in 1990. February 13th and 14th were quite mild, reaching the 40s in most locations, setting a record high of 46 in Montpelier. But that was thanks to some...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:48 AM 5:21 PM 10 hours 1 minutes One of the coldest mornings on modern record occurred on this date in 1943. Although the month had been mild, including 45 in Bennington on the 14th, temperatures fell to record levels by the 16th, from -32 in Bennington, to -43 in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:47 AM 5:22 PM 10 hours 1 minutes Classic New England snow storms are often measured against the tremendous storm that struck all of New England on this date in 1958. As a storm, it wasn’t until 1993 that winter storm brought a foot or more of snow from Alabama...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:45 AM 5:24 PM 10 hours 1 minutes The biggest storm of a snowy February came to an end on this date in 1952. The snowfall of 28 inches in Northfield brought snow levels to 40 inches on the ground. In the southern Green Mountains snow depths of 4 feet were reported in...
