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...

March 4, 2026

6:22 AM 5:42 PM 11 hours and 20 minutes The greatest amount of snow from a single storm in Vermont was recorded on this date in 1947. Its impacts were felt mainly at the higher elevations of the southern Green Mountains, where Readsboro, at an elevation of 1100 feet,...

March 20, 2026

6:53 AM 7:03 PM 12 hours and 10 minutes Like something out of modern-day politics, the election of Thomas Jefferson in March 1801, the first change in party leadership in the U.S., became a scapegoat, blaming Jefferson for the floodwaters cresting across northern New...

March 5, 2026

6:20 AM 5:44 PM 11 hours and 24 minutes The first of two heavy snowfalls came 55 years ago on this date, in 1971, part of four very snowy winters in a row, and in many locations the snowiest winter on record. This included the capital of Montpelier, where 17 inches...

March 21, 2026

6:52 AM 7:04 PM 12 hours and 12 minutes Fourteen years ago, March 2012 was the warmest on record for most locations. The warmest First Day of Spring saw thermometers climb to 80 or more, the earliest it has reached 80 degrees on modern record. Global warming? Perhaps,...