Dry and quiet weather is expected this evening through the overnight hours. Tuesday morning will start dry but precipitation will overspread the area by the late morning hours, beginning as a brief period of freezing rain before changing over to rain by late afternoon. After a lull in the rain, attention turns to a potentially significant icing event Wednesday night into Thursday somewhere across the Northeast. There is still a great deal of uncertainty how this system will evolve, so be sure to check back for the latest forecast. The mixed precipitation will taper off to light snow showers on Friday before a mainly d
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Champlain Valley sees sixth-warmest year on record in 2022
Burlington-area weather records go back to 1884
Updated: 11:12 PM EST Jan 2, 2023
The Champlain Valley experienced the sixth-warmest year on record in 2022. Recent years have also been very warm, with 2021, 2020, 2017, 2016 and 2012 making up the top five warmest ever recorded in the Burlington area.22 record high temperatures were set compared with only one record low temperature.The wild imbalance of records has been true every year for the last several years. It is very hard to set a record low temperature nowadays.As it turns out, the lone record low in 2022 was actually a record low maximum — in other words, an unusually cool afternoon — in June.So, not a single record low minimum temperature.
The Champlain Valley experienced the sixth-warmest year on record in 2022.
Recent years have also been very warm, with 2021, 2020, 2017, 2016 and 2012 making up the top five warmest ever recorded in the Burlington area.
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22 record high temperatures were set compared with only one record low temperature.
The wild imbalance of records has been true every year for the last several years. It is very hard to set a record low temperature nowadays.
As it turns out, the lone record low in 2022 was actually a record low maximum — in other words, an unusually cool afternoon — in June.
So, not a single record low minimum temperature.
