by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:15 AM 4:11 PM 8 hours and 56 minutes If you are discouraged by the short days – often cloudy – and the long nights which will get longer until December 21st, then I have some encouraging information. This evening’s sunset is the earliest of the year, so...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:25 AM 4:17 PM 8 hours and 52 minutes The first of two warm spells began on this date in 1982, with many communities climbing above 60 degrees, including Rochester and Montpelier, VT at 63, and Berlin, NH topping out at 64. This ensured that natural snow cover...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:16 AM 4:11 PM 8 hours and 55 minutes Dusting off the record books on this date, December 11, 1966 was the climax of a very warm spell of weather. Burlington recording a high of 61 degrees for the third straight day, while it reached 63 in Keene, NH, and 65 in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:17 AM 4:11 PM 8 hours and 54 minutes Have you ever noticed how quiet it is when the snow is falling? Snow’s delicate and lacy structure is responsible for this. Those same fanciful crystals photographed by Wilson Bentley represent a multitude of surfaces for the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:17 AM 4:11 PM 8 hours and 54 minutes One of the snowiest winters of the 20th century got a late but impressive start on this date in 1915. A general snowfall of 1 to 2 feet across New York and Vermont diminished to less than 6 inches east of the Green Mountains in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:18 AM 4:12 PM 8 hours and 54 minutes Long before the term Global Warming had been coined, residents of the north country were basking in the warmest weather so late in the season on this date in 1901. Burlington’s high of 63 set the record for wamth so late in the...
