by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:07 AM 4:12 PM 9 hours 1 minutes December does not get all of its precipitation as snow. The long-term averages show that Burlington and St. Johnsbury get 75% as snow, while Brattleboro, VT and Concord, NH average about 50% snow and 50% rain. Of course a snowy...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:49 AM 4:22 PM 9 hours 1 minutes In the wake of an early season snowstorm on this date in 1972, thermometers plunged to mid-winter depths. Woodstock and Morrisville, VT sank to 2 degrees, while Northfield bottomed out at zero. A second surge of arctic air a week...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:08 AM 4:12 PM 9 hours 1 minutes An early season arctic front dropped temperatures throughout the day on this date in 1940. Readings fell from 13 above zero to 15 below zero in Burlington by midnight, and set early season records the next morning, including –27 in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:50 AM 4:21 PM 9 hours 1 minutes Looking back to the 1960s, snowmaking was only a dream for ski areas, so early snows were always a great bonus. Ski areas hit the jackpot on this date in 1965, when 8 to 16 inches blanketed the northern portions of New York, Vermont,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
7:09 AM 4:12 PM 9 hours 1 minutes A rather nasty storm struck the northeast on this date in 1964. Cold air wedged into place from arctic high pressure was shallow enough to allow warm air to move up and over it from a storm along the east coast. A mix of ice, sleet,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
6:51 AM 4:20 PM 9 hours 1 minutes The first of two coastal storms struck southernmost Vermont and central and southern New Hampshire with a foot of snow in Readsboro and Vernon, VT on this date in 1986. Winds gusted to 50 mph near the Massachusetts border, and...
