Daylight Saving Time kicked in on Sunday morning and in exactly one week, Thursday, March 19, Spring arrives as Winter continues to melt away. It may be a while, however, before we’re out of the snow season. March probably won’t give up easily. The best thing about this week, however,[Read More…]

As the end of February neared, there was no new snowfall rolling through Sullivan County but there definitely were some chilly winds throughout the day on Friday, Feb. 18. It was a cold, winter-type day. The sun was out early on Saturday morning and the winds had definitely blown out[Read More…]

It wasn’t exactly a hot week according to the daily temperature readings. The morning lows were on the frosty side, days that cars had to be warmed up to rid the windshield and other windows of heavy frosts. Looking ahead to the new weather week, however, helped folks in New[Read More…]

The Newport Winter Carnival welcomed a brief period of overnight snow on Wednesday, Feb. 5. A prediction of 3-6 inches turned out to be less than 2 inches in many areas and a little more in others here in Sullivan County. It was easy to push around in driveways and[Read More…]

Finally, much of New Hampshire got a sampling of winter Thursday and Friday, Feb. 6 and 7. There was rain, sleet, hail, wind and snow. Driving was generally horrible and schools in Sullivan County were shut down for two straight days, an unusual occurrence. The snow was most welcome, however,[Read More…]

While there was a chill in the air on Thursday morning, Jan. 31, it didn’t come close to the all-time record low for January which featured a wind chill of -34.4 on Feb. 14, 2016. If you’re keeping track, there were only five snow days in January. Not bad. However,[Read More…]

Let there be little or no doubt, January has been a strange weather month. Ski areas had reason to cheer when a few inches of snow fell on their slopes. And a few days later it was followed by rain. During the current weather week there was no additional snow[Read More…]

Students in area schools got to sleep in for a couple of hours on Thursday, Jan. 16, as a result of two-hour delays with the start of the school day because of snow. It was a wet, stick snow that got a head start prior to dawn. It was a[Read More…]

The annual January thaw showed up over the weekend and hung around for nearly two days. The high temperatures on both Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 11 and 12, set records and not by a degree or two. The record high on Friday, Jan. 10 was set back in the middle[Read More…]

It was good to welcome the sun once again after two totally miserable days of rain, snow, and sleet. Together, this trio made quite a mess, especially when the time came to shovel frozen sleet with a frosting of rain worked in. Clearing that layer off car roofs and hoods[Read More…]