by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:15 AM 4:50 PM 9 hours and 35 minutes Snow was falling fast and thick on January 25th, 1836. The second heavy storm of a snowy month, it brought a general snowfall of a foot and a half to most valleys, including 18 inches in Randolph, VT and 20 inches in Hanover, NH....
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:14 AM 4:52 PM 9 hours and 38 minutes We often speak of the Blizzard of 1888 as one of the worst snowstorms in New England’s history, but there were actually two blizzards in an otherwise mild winter. On this date in 1888, northwest winds were blowing a fresh foot of...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:13 AM 4:53 PM 9 hours and 40 minutes It seems we often dive far back into the record books to find interesting or extreme weather, but recent decades have had their share, including 1998’s ice storm, the Valentine’s Day Blizzard of 2007, and on this date in 1994,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:12 AM 4:55 PM 9 hours and 43 minutes 1844 featured a week of bitter cold weather from the 25th to February 1st, perhaps the longest of the 19th century. Minimum temperatures in Randolph, VT were -6, -26, -36, -42, -34, -32, -35, and -32. The morning of the 28th was...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:24 AM 4:35 PM 9 hours and 11 minutes It was on this date in 1968, that the longest deep freeze on modern record began to let up. Many communities in northern New England and NY, and across southern Quebec went above zero for the first time in 5 days, including West...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:23 AM 4:36 PM 9 hours and 13 minutes A January thaw in 1934 ended on this date with a monstrous snowstorm, which turns out to be the fifth greatest snowfall in a 24 hour period for Burlington, VT. 24.2 inches piled up, and was followed by one of the coldest...
