EAST HARDWICK – There continues to be evidence of a transition to spring, as the past several days featured steadily moderating temperatures. Temperatures were near freezing on Saturday, then the 40s by Sunday. Monday’s high in St. Johnsbury was 66 degrees. We are running about 89 percent of normal precipitation for[Read More…]
Weather Watch
Rain in forecast; seasonably cold, dry by weekend
EAST HARDWICK – What a way to welcome the first day of spring. A storm system lifting through the northeast on Friday had enough cold air to work with to bring several inches of heavy wet snow to the region, along with some slippery driving conditions. We ended up with[Read More…]
Brief cooling, clearing today; steadier rain and snow by Sunday
EAST HARDWICK – Snowpack depths continue to plummet across the low and mid-level elevations, with little, if any snow in the valleys. Other places, such as Craftsbury, have up to four inches of snow depth at elevations of 1,500 feet. The higher terrain of Greensboro has closer to 12 inches.[Read More…]
Milder mode for precipitation; light snow sandwiched in middle
EAST HARDWICK – A warm-up over the weekend brought highs well into the 40s and 50s with some light rain transitioning into breaks of sun by the start of the work week. Total rainfall amounts from Tuesday, March 3, to Monday, March 9, ranged generally from one quarter to one[Read More…]
Trend toward substantial warming by weekend
EAST HARDWICK – More daylight is evident on both ends of the day as the time between sunrise and sunset extends beyond 11 hours this week. Some events that come with that include a higher sun angle, some competition between airmasses, and the prospects of our clocks moving ahead so[Read More…]
Ups, downs with temperatures; snow on Wednesday and Saturday
EAST HARDWICK – The observation station logged several no-precipitation days this forecast period, which included most of Saturday into Monday. Much of northern New England dodged a powerful Nor’easter that brought feet of snow to places like Connecticut, Rhode Island, eastern Massachusetts, coastal Maine and New Hampshire. Providence, R.I., had[Read More…]
Multiple rounds of light snow; seasonable temperatures this week
EAST HARDWICK – Last week’s warming temperatures during the day still gave way to some cooler nights with lows on either side of zero. The boundary between some cooler polar air and warmer southern air did set us up for a few waves of snow showers, adding up to several[Read More…]
Moderating temperatures; chances for light snow remain
EAST HARDWICK – More cold temperatures arrived just in time for the weekend, with wind chills both Sunday and Monday mornings in the 20s below zero locally. Some light snow passed through on Saturday morning with the arrival of a cold front ushering in the Arctic airmass and some stronger[Read More…]
One word: Brrrr…
EAST HARDWICK – Another week with cold temperatures is in the books as highs remained mostly in the single numbers to low teens. Temperatures wrapped up well below zero on Monday morning. This was due to clearing skies from an area of high pressure that allowed for strong radiational cooling[Read More…]
Mostly light snow with mix of sun and clouds; cold
EAST HARDWICK – It’s hard to summarize the span of events we’ve experienced in the past week around here. Let’s put it in the category of what we’ve come to expect as we progress through Vermont winters: cold and windy; with all roads leading to snow. Perhaps all snow landing[Read More…]
Dangerously cold conditions expected this weekend
EAST HARDWICK – After starting out the last forecast period with mild conditions and some rain, precipitation in that storm system wrapped up as snow. Following a day of sunny conditions on Friday, temperatures remained below freezing with incrementally accumulating light snow from the weekend into Monday. An intermittent window[Read More…]
Light accumulating snow to start; sun appears by Friday
EAST HARDWICK – Not having a thaw during the winter last year felt like an anomaly. It turns out that was true. Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve seen several rounds of brief warm-ups causing precipitation to turn to rain. One episode of that came just before 2026, when[Read More…]
