by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:03 AM 4:13 PM 9 hours and 10 minutes Arctic gales swept into the region on this date in 1875, temperatures plunging in Newport from 32 at 7 AM to –8 below zero at 9 PM that evening. As the cold deepened the next day Burlington set a record for its coldest November...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:05 AM 4:13 PM 9 hours and 8 minutes This month’s weather not withstanding, snow often arrives to stay in late November or early December. It was on this date in 1842 that a storm swept up the east coast in classic fashion, with a foot or more of snow in interior New...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:06 AM 4:13 PM 9 hours and 7 minutes On this date just over 50 years ago, in 1972, a moderate snowstorm began a snowy week, with a second storm following 3 days later. Totals included 15 inches in Lebanon, NH, 16 inches in St. Johnsbury, VT and Woodstock, NH, and 19...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:07 AM 4:12 PM 9 hours and 5 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 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:49 AM 4:22 PM 9 hours and 33 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 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:08 AM 4:12 PM 9 hours and 4 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...
