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December’s coldest temperatures of modern record began on this date in 1933, and continued into the 30th. Burlington set records on the 29th and 30th with readings of -29 each day, but most significant was the cold air that settled into the Connecticut Valley. Bloomfield, VT dropped to 50 below zero on the 30th, the coldest official temperature ever recorded in Vermont and New Hampshire.