Monday, November 18, 2024

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,...

Wednesday, December 04, 2024

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,...

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

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...

Thursday, December 05, 2024

7:10 AM 4:12 PM 9 hours 1 minutes Residents enjoyed a balmy December day on this date in 1941. Warm weather surged north into eastern New York and western Vermont, Burlington recording its warmest December temperature of the century at 67, while Enosburg Falls set the...

Monday, November 04, 2024

7:31 AM 5:36 PM 10 hours 1 minutes Just how much rain fell during the Flood of 1927, whose waters reached their maximum on this date? The highest total came from Somerset, VT, high in the southern Green Mountains, with 9.65 inches from the 2nd to the 4th. 8.66 inches...

Tuesday, November 05, 2024

7:33 AM 5:35 PM 10 hours 1 minutes Heavy soaking rains fell on this date, in 1982. 2.17 inches set a daily rainfall record for St. Johnsbury, VT while 2.8 inches drenched Canaan, VT, and the Union Village Dam near Thetford received 2.21 inches. Although the amounts...