Temperatures in the NEK have warmed up over the past week. As you can see on the graph our weather station recorded a high of 68.3°F on Sunday.
With the warmer weather I’m happy to report that the ice is out on Island Pond, as well as Spectacle Pond.
Aerial photo of Island Pond taken on Friday April 15, 2016
Aerial photo of Spectacle Pond taken on Friday April 15, 2016
After several very warm days here in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont the temperatures are going go the other way for the foreseeable future. We may even see lows in the single digits on several nights this week. I guess we need to pay the price at some point for the mild weather that was around the northeast for most of the winter.
Even with all of the mild weather the ice has been hanging tough on most of the lakes and ponds here in the NEK. This quad-coper (drone) video shot yesterday shows Island Pond still has ice covering most of the lake.
It’s hard to believe winter has come and gone without registering 12″ of snow on the stake here in Island Pond, VT. I kept holding out hope all season that we would get a good dumping of the white stuff, but it never did happen. This had to be very hard on the businesses throughout the Northeast Kingdom that rely on skiers and snowmobiliers to frequent their restaurants and stores. Hopefully we have a beautiful Spring and Summer season that helps make up for such a dismal Winter.
Here’s a video that was shot last weekend that shows just how bad the snow season was here in the NEK. About the only snow to be found is man made with the exception of the very top of Burke Mountain.