February 4, 2026

7:05 AM 5:04 PM 9 hours and 59 minutes On this date in 1869, a heavy snow storm dumped 19 inches in Stratford, NH, and 22 inches in Craftsbury, VT. Thunderstorms reported in Hillsboro Co., NH at Antrim and Goffstown. Snow depths were raised to 4 to 5 feet through most...

February 5, 2026

7:03 AM 5:06 PM 10 hours and 3 minutes This is the date when Lake Champlain freezes over, using averages that extend back to 1816, though the lake does not freeze completely every winter. The colder weather of the 19th century, and the more meticulous observations of...

January 21, 2026

7:19 AM 4:45 PM 9 hours and 26 minutes January thaws are always a mixed blessing.  Naturally the skiers don’t find as much pleasure and delight as they would with a fresh foot of powder, and as our recent thaw demonstrated, rain following cold weather can lead to icy...

February 6, 2026

7:02 AM 5:07 PM 10 hours and 5 minutes On this date in 1855 severe cold was gripping the region. In Randolph, VT on the 6th the temperature ranged from -25 to a high of -18, while Hanover, NH had a mean temperature of 19 degrees below zero. By the following morning...

January 22, 2026

7:18 AM 4:46 PM 9 hours and 28 minutes Going way back in the records, we find on this date in 1906 we were in the midst of a tremendous January thaw. Temperatures reached the 50s and 60s from the 20th to the 23rd, Burlington reaching 59 on the 22, and 64 on the 23rd,...

February 7, 2026

7:01 AM 5:08 PM 10 hours and 7 minutes One of New England’s greatest snowstorms brought eastern and southern New England 20 to 40 inches of snow, whipped into drifts of 5 to 10 feet, in the cold and snowy winter of 1978. In southern and eastern portions of...