by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:01 AM 4:14 PM 9 hours and 13 minutes Over a century ago, in 1899, a severe nor’easter wreaked havoc throughout New England. Heavy snow was blown into great drifts, and measured two feet on the level in southern New Hampshire, and 20 inches in Chelsea and Woodstock,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:02 AM 4:14 PM 9 hours and 12 minutes A long, heavy storm of ice and snow was winding down on this date in 1921. Cold air from the 24th to the 26th became trapped as a coastal storm pushed into cold high pressure over Canada. The icing was most severe from...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 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 2, 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 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
7:25 AM 5:43 PM 10 hours and 18 minutes Over a decade on this date, in 2011, the greatest October snowstorm on record was tapering off. Only a dusting fell in the Champlain Valley, but 8 to 16 inches fell in southern VT, including 16 inches in Marlboro, and 1 to 2...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:46 AM 4:23 PM 9 hours and 37 minutes The cold winter of 1933 and ’34 experienced the first of many arctic intrusions on this date in 1933. The coldest air so early in the season dropped thermometers to 9 in Burlington, only recovering to the teens. By the morning of...
