Power Outage in Barre, VT

A heavy, wet snow fell across the county with a general 10 to 24 inches of snow, the higher totals across the higher terrain. This led to some tree damage and scattered power outages. Some specific snowfall totals included; 26 inches in Warren, 24 inches in Waitsfield and Moretown, 18 inches in Cabot and Waterbury with 11 inches in Plainfield and Barre.

A widespread, heavy wet snow fell across Washington county with snowfall totals ranging from 10 to 20 inches. This resulted in numerous power outages that lasted several days. Some specific snowfall totals include; 21 inches in Northfield, 20 inches in Warren and Moretown, 18 inches in Barre, 16 inches in Waitsfield, 13 inches in Waterbury and 10 inches in Montpelier.

Rain changed to a heavy, wet pasty snow just before daybreak as the intensity of the precipitation advected enough cold air toward the surface. Snowfall accumulations of 4 to 8 inches were observed and enough to cause downed limbs and branches that resulted in power outages.

Wind gusts in excess of 40 mph led to isolated power outages.

Rain changed to snow by late afternoon with snowfall amounts ranging from 2 to 4 inches in the valley with 4 to 7 inches in higher elevations. These higher amounts led to isolated power outages due to the wet nature of the snow.

A heavy, wet snow fell across much of eastern Rutland county with snowfall reports dependent on elevation ranging from 3 to 6 inches in the valleys to 18 inches in the higher terrain. The heavy, wet consistency of the snowfall led to numerous power outages.

A brief period of gusty winds associated with the approach and passage of weakening Tropical Storm Isaias brought measured and estimated wind gusts of 40 to 45 mph that caused some isolated to scattered tree damage that resulted in scattered power outages.

Trees and power lines down.

A period of heavy snow with 2-3 inches per hour rates moved through during the evening hours with storm total snowfall of 7-10 inches. This led to some minor, isolated power outages.

Snowfall observations of 6 to 10 inches were observed with largely minimal impacts of slippery road conditions. An isolated power outage or two did occur due to snow loading of snow on wet branches that adhered and bent onto power lines.

Strong winds with wind gusts in excess of 45 mph at times caused numerous downed tree limbs and subsequent power outages. Also, due to saturated soils, many trees were uprooted as well, leading to closed roads and some structural damage.

Spotter reported trees down at the intersection of River road and Power Plant road between North Duxbury and Waterbury.

Strong west-southwest winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph occurred behind a strong storm system in Canada. Power outages across the county were in the 500-1500 range. Montpelier reported a wind gust of 53 mph with numerous reports in excess of 45 mph.

Light rain changed to a pasty, heavy wet snow that resulted in downed tree limbs and power outages across VT. In Washington county, snow accumulated 6 to 14 inches, including 14 inches in East Barre and Waitsfield, 11 inches in Cabot, 10 inches in Waterbury and Berlin and 6 inches in Montpelier.

MPV airport reported wind gust of 48 mph. Most wind gusts were in the 38 to 45 mph range with downed tree limbs and isolated power outages.

Long duration snowfall event eventually delivered 12 to 30 inches across Washington county, with the heaviest occurring the night of March 13th into the morning hours of the 14th. Some specific snowfall amounts include: 30 inches in Graniteville, 29 inches in East Barre, 23 inches in Warren, 20 inches in Waterbury, 18 inches in Plainfield and 15 inches in Worcester. Some isolated to scattered power outages were reported.

Numerous tree damage and power outages with measured wind gusts in the 40-50 mph range with a measured 58 mph at Barre-Montpelier airport in Berlin.

Large branches downed power lines and transformer along Route 2 between Waterbury Center and Middlesex. Tree down along Interstate 89 as well.

Numerous measured wind gusts of 40-45 mph with some isolated 50 mph gusts. Isolated to Scattered power outages due to downed tree limbs and small trees on utility lines.

Trees on power lines in Berlin and Barre.

Trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm winds.

Estimated and measured wind gusts of 35 to 45 mph impacted the region with an isolated report of 59 mph. Isolated to scattered tree limbs and powerlines downed by these winds.

A heavy wet snow of 2 to 6 inches fell across Washington county, accounting for isolated to scattered power outages. In addition, very cold road surfaces led to very icy roads and numerous vehicle accidents.

Heavy, wet snowfall totals across Washington county ranged from 6 to 24 inches. Some specific snow totals included; 23 inches in Warren, 18 inches in Waitsfield and Moretown, 12 inches in Northfield. Barre and Waterbury, 10 inches in Berlin, 9 inches in Worcester with 8 niches in Plainfield and 7 inches in Cabot.||The heavy, wet nature of the snow resulted in widespread power outages and vehicle accidents.

Several large branches as well as a few trees on powerlines in Woodbury.

Scattered reports of tree limbs, tree branches down and power outages across the region. A few measured wind gusts reached 50 mph.

Several trees and power lines down.

Several trees downon power lines along Route 100 in Waitsfield near Small Dog Electronics.

Route 12 closed due to downed trees and power lines.

Strong south to southwest winds with frequent gusts in excess of 40 mph and a few gusts to 50 mph knocked down some tree limbs and caused some scattered power outages.

Tree and power lines down at the intersection of Culver Hill road and Route 12.

Trees and numerous branches down as well as power lines across Point Ridge Road and throughout Berlin.

Large 36 inch diameter tree as well as other tree debris and power lines downed along Route 14.

Several reports of trees down and scattered power outages along elevated hillsides within the county.

Several trees down as well as a power line on North Fayston road.

Twenty inch diameter tree uprooted and fell on power lines at Junction and Bartlett roads in Berlin.

Trees down and no power along Route 62 in Berlin toward Barre.

Numerous trees and power lines down, as well as structural damage due to fallen trees throughout Barre and Berlin due to estimated winds around 70 mph. Some of the streets affected included Main street, Merchant street, Airport road as well as portions of Route 14 and Route 62.

Low pressure developed off the Carolina coast during the late afternoon/evening hours of March 13th and reached offshore of southeastern Massachusetts by the morning of March 14th and then slowly meandered in the Gulf of Maine until the morning of March 15th before exiting away from New England.||Snow began across southern Vermont before midnight on the 14th, actually mixing with rain in the valleys for a few hours before colder air changed precipitation to all snow. snow finally reached all of Vermont by the early morning hours of March 14th. Snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour were observed in the southern Green Mountains during the morning hours with a mesoscale band of 1 to 2 inches per hour rotating southeast to northwest across Vermont during the late morning and afternoon hours as well. Snow continued for much of the night of March 14th into the morning hours, especially in northern Vermont, including the Champlain Valley. Brisk north winds gusting 35-45 mph during the night of March 14th, especially in the Champlain valley accounted for some traveling and power issues.||Snowfall totals ranged from 6 to 12 inches in the Champlain Valley and along the International border with Canada to 10 to 18 inches for much of the rest of Vermont with the south and central mountain communities receiving greater than 2 feet.||The wet nature of the snowfall led to scattered to numerous power outages with nearly 90,000 customers without power, especially across the central and southern Green Mountain communities. In addition, dozens of roads were closed due to vehicle accidents and downed trees and utility lines as well as many schools closed, especially in southern sections.

An extremely powerful winter storm located in the eastern Great Lakes and Ontario delivered strong southeast winds of 25 to 35 mph with frequent gusts of 50-60+ mph during the morning hours to higher elevations, western slopes of the Green mountains and the Champlain valley. The result was numerous to widespread tree and utility damage (70,000 customers lost power at the peak, >100,000 total) as well as fallen trees onto vehicles and structures. There was one fatality in Rutland county due to a tree falling on the person. ||These strong winds subsided to 15 to 25 mph with higher gusts by midday but was accompanied by heavy rain and snow melt that led to numerous mountain streams/waterways to reach or exceed bank full with a few waterways closing roads or flooding homes.||During late afternoon and evening hours a powerful arctic front associated with this winter storm moved across VT dropping temperatures from the 40s/L50s into the 20s and falling through the night on strong west winds of 20 to 35 mph. In addition, as those temperature free-fell during the afternoon and evening hours, a widespread 2-5 inches of snow fell with combined with sub-freezing airmass caused a flash freeze on all surfaces creating extremely hazardous travel.

A powerful west coast storm over the weekend and earlier in the week moved into the Northern Plains during mid-week and largely stalled. However, energy was transferred to the Mid-Atlantic states Thursday (12/15) producing widespread snow, freezing rain/sleet and rain across the Mid-Atlantic into NJ/NYC. A coastal low developed off the Mid-Atlantic during Thursday afternoon and lifted slowly north to south of Long Island on Friday and into the Gulf of Maine by Saturday. ||Snow slowly spread across southern Vermont during the early morning hours of December 16th (Friday) and continued into Friday night before dissipating as snow showers midday Saturday. Air temperatures were marginally cold for snow, thus it was a wet, heavy snow that caused widespread power outages in central and southern VT and mixed with rain at times in the Champlain and Connecticut River valleys. Total statewide customers impacted were >100,000 with approximately 60,000 at it's peak. ||Snowfall totals ranged from 4 to 8 inches in the Champlain and Connecticut River valleys, 8 to 14 inches in the mid to higher terrain of North Central Vermont with 10 to 20+ inches in the southern Green Mountains.

A double barreled storm system with copious amounts of moisture and marginal freezing temperatures moved across New England and New York on April 19th during the early to mid-morning hours. In the higher elevations of central VT, a heavy wet snow caked everything and accumulated 4 to 8 inches that resulted in numerous tree limb/branch and some tree damage and numerous power outages. More significantly, Also, the intensity of the precipitation allowed cold air to lower to the surface in the Champlain Valley and this accounted for 3 to 5 inches of heavy, wet snow accumulation with similar but more widespread impacts. An estimated 30,000 customers without power and numerous vehicle accidents resulting in interstate closures.

An arctic front draped across the VT-Canadian border during the morning of February 3rd and slowly drifted south across VT during the day and evening hours before temporarily stalling along the VT/MA border until the afternoon of February 4th. Light precipitation moved across VT during the morning of February 3rd morning, initially falling as light rain before changing primarily to light snow during the afternoon for much of VT except the southern four counties. ||During the late evening and overnight hours of February 3rd into the midday hours of February 4th, a series of weak low pressure areas moved northeast along the aforementioned boundary as this boundary slowly draped south along the VT/MA border. Moderate to heavy snow at times (>1 inch/hr) moved across much of VT during the night of February 3rd into midday of February 4th. Meanwhile in southern Rutland and southern Windsor counties, especially further south toward the MA border, freezing rain and sleet fell until the early morning hours of the 4th with some icing and ice/snow weighted trees causing some power outages.||Storm total snowfall ranged from 4 to 8 inches across the extreme southern portions of Windsor and Rutland counties where sleet and ice were prevalent as well to 12 to 16 inches elsewhere across central and northern VT.

Arctic air masses moved into Ontario, Quebec on January 26th and 28th. These created bitterly cold conditions during the night of January 26th into the morning hours of the 27th. Wind chills were in the 20 to 30 below zero range with actual air temperatures in the 10 to 25 below range. During the morning of January 29th, a powerful Nor'easter was rapidly intensifying southeast of New England that helped advect cold air on brisk north winds across northern VT. Actual air temperatures Saturday morning (29th) were 0 to 10 below zero with wind chills of 20 to 25 below zero.

A long tracked and powerful winter storm, with a history from the Mississippi River valley through the southeast and north along the Appalachians into the northeast, impacted VT on January 17th. Snow moved into VT around midnight of January 17th with snowfall rates of 1-2 inches per hour at times during the morning, eventually ending by early afternoon with residual snow showers during the evening and night.||General snowfall accumulations in VT was 4 to 8 inches with the complexity of the storm due to its strength and strong low level jet accounted for mesoscale features of snowfall distribution with east-side upslope regions witnessing higher totals and west-side downwind communities witnessing less snowfall.||In addition these strong low-level easterly winds did cause some downslope wind gusts (in excess of 50 mph) in the foothills of the western slopes of the Green Mountains and in the higher terrain in northeast VT which resulted in scattered power outages.

An arctic cold front moved across VT Friday night (1/14) with a strong area of high pressure across south-central Canada building into VT by late Saturday into Sunday delivering sub-zero temperatures Friday night through Sunday morning. Simultaneously, a powerful ocean storm was moving into Newfoundland Canada Friday afternoon that creating brisk north-northwest winds of 15 to 25 mph with higher gusts that combined with the arctic airmass created dangerously cold wind chills of 25 to 40 below zero overnight Friday night into Saturday morning.||Overnight air temperatures were 10 to 20 below zero Friday night-Saturday morning and 10 to 25 below zero Saturday night-Sunday morning.||These dangerously cold temperatures caused some postponements of outdoor activities, includng festivals and some ski resorts.

A powerful storm system across the Great Lakes on the afternoon of December 11th moved northeast across Ontario and Quebec provinces in Canada during the night. A very powerful jet structure with winds in excess of 100 knots at 5000 feet moved across the eastern Great Lakes, northern NY and eventually VT.||The associated cold front was the demarcation line of mixing these strong winds to the surface. These strong winds in excess of 40-50 mph entered VT around mid-evening and gradually decreased into the 30-40 mph range during the early morning hours of the 12th.|The strongest winds were in northern sections and along the eastern slopes of the Green Mountains. Statewide approximately 15,000 customer power outages.

A strong area of low pressure moved from the Great Lakes to across Quebec during the afternoon of December 6th through the early morning hours of December 7th. Brisk south-southwest winds ahead of this passage occurred during the afternoon of December 6th with stronger west-southwest winds associated with cold air after a cold frontal passage during the evening of the 6th and early morning hours of the 7th.||Wind gusts in excess of 40-45 mph led to isolated to scattered power outages, especially in northern sections of VT.

Weak low pressure moved along a cold front that moved across NY/VT during November 26th. Rain and rain showers transitioned into a wet snow beginning at higher elevations around noon and eventually into the Champlain Valley by early evening. Snowfall amounts ranged from a wet few niches in the Champlain Valley with 4 to 8 inches in the some of the higher elevations in the Green Mountains. The wet nature of the snow led to scattered power outages in the foothills.

An upper level disturbance ahead of a strong cold front moved into a marginally unstable airmass to trigger scattered thunderstorms across eastern NY that continued to move east into VT and intensify. One particular cluster of thunderstorms moved from Addison county across central and eastern VT with a path of damaging winds that knocked down numerous trees and utility lines. Power outages affected nearly 35,000 total customers with a peak outage of 20,000 customers.

An arctic front moved across Vermont during the evening of March 1st delivering arctic air on strong winds during the overnight of March 1st-2nd. Persistent northwest winds of 15 to 30 mph with gusts in excess of 40-50 mph began around 9 pm March 1st and continued until daybreak March 2nd. These strong winds combined with ambient temperatures of 5 below to 5 above zero created wind chills in the 15 to 30 below zero range. Nearly 10,000 customers lost power during the event.

A winter storm in the Great Lakes on January 15th, transferred energy to a developing coastal low of the NJ coast during the morning of the 16th. Precipitation began late evening on the 15th across VT with rain in the valleys and wet snow in the higher elevations. During the early morning hours and through midday on January 16th, rain changed to a heavy, wet snow that accumulated 3 to 6 inches in the valleys with 8 to 18 inches in higher elevations, especially along the spine of Vermont's Green Mountains. The weight of the heavy wet snow led to scattered to numerous power outages across VT with more than 30,000 customers without power.

Tropical Storm Isaias moved north along the east coast of the United States on August 3rd and 4th, eventually moving across southeast NY state during the afternoon of August 4th and across the Champlain Valley during the evening hours.||In Vermont, gusty winds was the main impact of Tropical Storm Isaias with wind gusts of 35 to 45 mph for most but localized areas of 50+ mph wind gusts, especially in extreme southern VT. Statewide power outages were around 20-25,000 at peak with most being in southern and eastern VT.||In terms of rainfall, widespread 1.5-2.5 inches fell across Vermont, largely along and west of the Green Mountains with lesser amounts east. Given very dry antecedent conditions existed prior to the rainfall, no to little impact was observed.

A storm system in the Central Plains on April 8th moved across NY and VT during April 9th then a secondary system developed off the Maine coast and intensified on the evening of April 9th continuing into April 10th.||Rain primarily fell during April 9th until after passage of the first low in the afternoon, then changed to a wet snow, mainly at elevations above 1000-1500 feet and continued through April 10th. The higher terrain of Essex county Vermont received more than 6 inches with localized up to a foot or more.||Weighted tree limbs caused localized downed power lines and outages.

A cold front straddled across NY and VT during the February 6-7th time frame. A weak system, moved across VT during the early morning hours of February 6th with snowfall of 1 to 3 inches along the International border to 2 to 4 inches across the southern half of VT. During the remainder of the 6th into the pre-dawn hours of the 7th, intermittent snow and freezing rain showers still allowed for some slick travel ahead of the more vigorous system. There were numerous reports of vehicle accidents during this transitional phase.||Just prior to daybreak on the 7th, steadier snowfall arrived across northwest VT with steadier snow mixed with freezing rain and sleet elsewhere. Eventually during the morning in northern sections and early afternoon in central, eastern and southern sections mixed precipitation changed to heavy snowfall, with snowfall rates of 1 to 2+ inches per hour through late afternoon. Snowfall for Friday across VT ranged from 2 to 5 inches in the southern CT River Valley to more than a foot in the northwest half of the state. In addition, ice accumulations of 2/10 to 4/10 of an inch occurred across the southern 2/3rd of the state.||This combination made for extremely hazardous travel and led to numerous school closing, early closings of businesses and state government. Also, some 10-20,000 people lost power, especially central and eastern parts of the state.||Two-day snowfall across the area was generally 10 to 20 inches with icing under 1/4 inch across the southern Champlain Valley.

A large, complex winter storm moved across the Great Lakes on December 29th and eventually stalled on December 30th and 31st. Meanwhile, secondary low pressure developed near Pennsylvania on December 30th and moved across southern New England on the 31st.||A wintry mix of freezing rain, sleet and some snow moved into Vermont by the evening of December 29th and continued steadily until midday on December 30th before tapering to showers of mixed precipitation and snow on the afternoon of the 30th.||Predominantly freezing rain and sleet fell across southern VT with sleet, freezing rain and some snow in central VT with snow and sleet in northern VT. Freezing rain accumulated 1/3 inch or less across Vermont's southern four counties with a sloppy 1-3 inches of snow,sleet and freezing rain in the Champlain Valley and 3 to 7 inches across north-central and northeast Vermont.||Main impacts were hazardous road conditions Sunday night (29th) and Monday morning (30th). Strong wind gusts in excess of 40 mph occurred at times along the immediate western slope communities. Approximately 5000 customer without power for the event, a combination of ice and wind effects.

Low pressure moved from the mid-Atlantic coast on March 21st and intensified rapidly as it moved to just off the Maine-New Hampshire coast on the 22nd. Precipitation started as rain the valleys and wet snow in higher elevations during the overnight of the 21st/22nd and changed to a wet snow for much of the 22nd before ending around daybreak Saturday (23rd) in the mountains. ||Snowfall totals ranged from 3 to 6 inches in the valleys below 500 feet, 6 to 12 inches around 1000 feet and 12 to 20+ inches in elevations above 1500 feet, especially in northern sections of the state.||These wet snow conditions and eventual brisk winds of 15 to 25 mph with higher gusts later Friday and Friday night combined with the snow weighted trees and power lines to cause thousands of power outages...approximately 10,000-15,000 customers.

A powerful winter storm moved across the Great Lakes into Ontario and Quebec provinces on February 24-25th. Strong southeast down slope winds of 25-35 mph with gusts in excess of 50 mph on the 24th caused some tree and utility line damage in northern NY and then strong southwest - west winds continued at 20 to 30 mph with gusts in excess of 40 mph.

A weak surface low across the Great Lakes on January 8th received upper atmospheric support during the night of the 8th and developed a significant winter storm off the NH/ME coast by the morning of January 9th as it slowly moved into Newfoundland by January 10th.||Precipitation started as light rain, freezing rain and snow across Vermont during the evening of January 8th, changing to accumulating snow after midnight of January 9th. Snowfall was largely confined to mountain communities by midday of January 9th and continued until ending by late evening of January 10th.||Snowfall amounts varied greatly (3-18+ inches) with the highest amounts along the west-northwest facing higher elevation communities of the Green Mountains in northern VT, due to a prolonged and climatological wrap-around/northwest up slope event. The heavy wet nature of the initial snowfall, as well as mixed with freezing rain, accounted for hundreds of school closings for the morning of January 9th. Some scattered power outages were observed with the heavy, wet snow as well.

A storm that brought blizzard conditions to parts of the Midwest on Sunday, November 25th moved into the Ohio River Valley - Southern Great Lakes on 11/26. The storm slowed considerably in the eastern Great Lakes, thus allowing a secondary low pressure system to develop near the Delmarva Peninsula during the evening of 11/26 and proceeded to move to near Boston by the morning of November 27th.||Precipitation moved into the North Country by the afternoon of November 26th, falling as snow at elevations above 1500 feet and rain at lower elevations. By early morning of November 27th, the atmosphere cooled enough to allow for precipitation to changeover to snow. Highest snowfall totals at elevations above 1500 feet, where more than 12-15 inches fell. The heavy wet snow accounted for more than 40,000 outages, effecting 100,000 customers without power due to snow loading on power lines.

Intensifying low pressure across Quebec pushed a strong cold front across Vermont during the overnight of October 15th and early morning hours of October 16th. Strong west to northwest down slope winds of 40 to 50 mph caused scattered to numerous tree damage in the form of downed limbs and scattered tees down. This resulted in power outages in east-central and southeast Vermont...up to 10,000 outages.

A coastal low developed off the Mid-Atlantic coast by the morning of March 7th and moved into the Gulf of Maine on March 8th, then closed and filled with the upper level low across New England. snow began by midday on March 7th and lingered with mountain snow showers on the 9th. Snowfall intensities were light to moderate with some heavy snow across eastern and southern Vermont, closer to the coastal storm. Impacts were mainly travel related, especially eastern Vermont. Snowfall accumulations across the state ranged from 5 to 8 inches across northwest Vermont to 12 to 18 inches across eastern Vermont with southeast Vermont witnessing reports of more than 2 feet in the higher terrain. Some power outages were reported with the high amounts and denser snow across the lower Connecticut River valley.

A powerful Nor'easter developed off the SE CONUS on January 3rd and proceeded to move on shore between eastern Maine and western Nova Scotia late in the day of January 4th. Widespread snow moved across Vermont during the morning hours, becoming steadier/heavier for much of eastern VT during the 4th. Wraparound snowfall during the night of the 4th and the day of the 5th added snowfall to Vermont's northern peaks and western slope communities. Overall snowfall statewide was 3 to 7 inches with upwards of 8-12 inches along the northern western slopes of the Green Mountains.

A cold front, supported by an energetic upper level system, moved across the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys to the eastern seaboard by midday Sunday (10/29) and initially developed an area of low pressure. Meanwhile, energy and deep tropical moisture, associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Philippe (well offshore of the southeast United States) interacted with the developing east coast storm to create a rapidly intensifying storm Sunday night off the mid-Atlantic coast that traveled into the Champlain Valley by Monday morning (10/30).||Sustained winds of 25 to 35 mph with frequent wind gusts of 50 to 70 mph occurred during the early morning hours of October 30th across portions of Vermont due to fully mature mountain waves. A peak wind gust of 115 mph was observed at the summit of Mount Mansfield.||Numerous downed branches, trees and some snapped and uprooted trees causing widespread power outages, especially in VT where 30% of the power grid or >100,000 customers were without power. Trees fell on residences and vehicles as well. The hardest hit communities were along the western slopes of the Green Mountains.

A storm system moved from the Ohio River Valley on March 31st to south of New England and then out to sea on April 1st. A wet snow, occasionally mixed with rain began across Vermont by midday on the 31st, but accumulations were limited due to above freezing temperatures and March solar radiation. An increase in snow intensity and lack of solar radiation, along with temperatures near freezing allowed for significant snowfall accumulations above 1000-1200 feet, especially in eastern and central parts of Vermont. ||Snowfall totals were generally 3 to 6 inches in the Champlain Valley and along the Canadian border with 6 to 12 inches elsewhere. The snow load of the heavy, wet snow did allow for some scattered power outages and numerous vehicle mishaps as well.

A storm system moved from the Ohio River Valley on March 31st to south of New England and then out to sea on April 1st. A wet snow, occasionally mixed with rain began across Vermont by midday on the 31st, but accumulations were limited due to above freezing temperatures and March solar radiation. An increase in snow intensity and lack of solar radiation, along with temperatures near freezing allowed for significant snowfall accumulations above 1000-1200 feet, especially in eastern and central parts of Vermont. ||Snowfall totals were generally 3 to 6 inches in the Champlain Valley and along the Canadian border with 6 to 12 inches elsewhere. The snow load of the heavy, wet snow did allow for some scattered power outages and numerous vehicle mishaps as well.

The combination of a strong High pressure system east of New England combined with an intensifying strong low pressure system moving across the northern Great Lakes, during the evening of January 10th, created a strong west-east pressure gradient with strong southerly winds of 25 to 35 mph sustained and wind gusts to 60 mph across the northern Champlain Valley. There were thousands of residents/customers without power at various times due to downed lines from fallen limbs or trees.

Two low pressure areas merged across Quebec during the evening of February 29th and this helped strengthen a cold front that moved across New York and Vermont during the night of February 29th and into the morning hours of March 1st. Accompanying the cold front was strong west to northwest winds with wind gusts in excess of 35 to 40 mph across large portions with a few scattered wind gusts that approached 50 mph. These strong winds did knock down some tree limbs that fell on power lines and acccounted for isolated power outages across much of the state but scattered to numerous power outages in the Connecticut River Valley with nearly 20,000 outages reported.

A coastal low across the Carolinas on the morning of February 16th raced northward across the Champlain Valley of VT/NY during the day. This allowed for a wintry mix of snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain across the region and a strong east-southeast wind across portions of Vermont. Snowfall averaged 2 to 4 inches across much of Vermont with only 1 to 2 inches in the immediate Champlain Valley. Ice accretion was mainly a tenth of an inch or less. Main impacts were slick, sloppy roads but some isolated power outages due to wind gusts in excess of 40 mph along the western slopes of the Green mountains.

The remnants of a powerful winter storm that brought blizzard conditions to New Mexico and Texas, tornadoes in Texas and record flooding rains to portions of the Mississippi River Valley moved into the Great Lakes on December 29th bringing the first winter storm of the 2015-16 season to northern New York.||Snow overspread Vermont around Midnight on December 29th and ended by mid to late afternoon, changing to sleet and freezing rain before ending. Snowfall amounts across the area was 3 to 7 inches with limited icing. Routine impacts of vehicle accidents across the region occurred with the exception of a tractor-trailer, SUV crash along Route 4 near Killington, VT during the afternoon of December 29th that resulted in 3 indirect fatalities.

A powerful nor'easter brought blizzard conditions to much of southern and eastern New England on January 26-27th. However in Vermont, snowfall was moderate across the region with snowfall totals ranging from a few inches in much of western and northern Vermont to 6 to 10 inches in southeast Vermont.

Low pressure tracked across eastern New England during the nighttime and early morning hours of January 18th-19th. The initial precipitation across Vermont was in the form of rain with air temperatures in the 30s to around 40 degrees. However, after more than a week of temperatures frequently near zero, road sub-surface temperatures were in the teens and 20s. Therefore, as rain fell and dusk approached, wet roads quickly became icy roads and lead to numerous vehicle accidents and closures of state and interstate roads. ||Rain changed to a heavy, wet snow across higher elevations and eventually in the northern valleys on the night of January 18th. Snowfall totals were 2 to 6 inches across northern Vermont with some locally higher in higher elevations, which led to scattered power outages.

Low pressure moved north along the eastern seaboard on December 9th and then stalled across New England through December 11th before lifting northeast into the Canadian Maritime. This storm was comprised of three phases. The initial phase was rain and wet snow that moved into Vermont during midday of December 9th and changed to a heavy, wet snow during the evening and early night. The second phase was a band of moderate snowfall that impacted much of central and northern Vermont during the afternoon and evening hours of December 10th, then the last phase was scattered snow showers eventually ending on December 11th and 12th.||Total snowfall totals across Vermont ranged from 3 to 6 inches in Essex county to 12 to 20 inches across much of the spine of the Green Mountains into the Champlain Valley. The heavy, wet nature of the snowfall with snow to water ratios of 8:1 or less accounted for snow-loaded trees that resulted in more than 175,000 power outages in the region from December 9th through December 12th. This was the 2nd most power outages due to weather in the state of Vermont.

The combination of a strong area of low pressure moving across Ontario and Quebec provinces in Canada and strong high pressure in the Canadian Maritimes created a strong pressure gradient that resulted in low-level winds of 45 to 60 knots, from the south, between 3,000 and 6,000 feet on October 7th. The air mass across New England and New York was warmer than normal along with an approaching cold front that traveled from Ontario province across New York during the early afternoon and Vermont during the mid to late afternoon.||This cold front was the focus for a nearly solid line of convective rain showers, but not unstable enough to develop thunderstorms. The updrafts associated with these showers were enough, at times, to translate these low-level winds aloft down to the surface. The end result was scattered wind gusts of 50 mph or greater across portions of Vermont producing numerous downed trees or tree limbs on utility lines resulting in more than 25,000 customers without power at the peak.||Some measured wind gusts from ASOS or mesonet sites included: 51 mph in St. Johnsbury and 50 mph in Lyndonville (Caledonia county), 47 mph at the Rutland State airport in North Clarendon (Rutland county), 41 mph at the NWS office at Burlington Int'l airport (Chittenden county) as well as Knapp State Airport in Berlin (Washington county).

This snowfall event was a two-part system across Vermont. The first part was largely confined to the northern half of Vermont and occurred during the morning and afternoon hours of February 8th. This event was caused by a relatively strong, but slowly dissipating storm from the Great Lakes into northern New York. Snowfall totals from this event were 4 to 10 inches across the northern half of Vermont with very little across southern Vermont.||The second event was a large, powerful Nor'easter that moved south of Long Island and Cape Cod during the night of February 8th. Snow from this system reached southern Vermont during the evening and continued until mid-morning of February 9th.|Snowfall from this event ranged from 4 to 16 inches with the greatest across the higher terrain of southeast Vermont.

Strong low pressure moved across Quebec, while its associated vigorous cold front moved across Vermont during the late morning to early afternoon hours of January 20th.||Strong west winds measured in excess of 50 mph caused numerous reports of scattered tree branch, tree or power line failures in Vermont. An estimated 10,000 customers lost power during this event.

Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy made landfall near Ocean City, NJ at 8 pm EDT on Monday, October 29th. Sandy was a hybrid storm that allowed for some mid-latitude characteristics, including a large wind field that stretched some 500 miles from the center. This was largely attributed to a 90 mb pressure difference between Sandy's center (945mb) and High pressure (1036mb) in northern Ontario.||In Vermont, a predominant east-northeast wind blew across the region with the strongest winds in northeast Vermont and along some Green Mountain western slope communities. Much of the state witnessed wind gusts of 35 to 45 mph with those western slope communities in the 50-60 mph range. Tree and power line damage was scattered but still left a total of 35,000 residents without power at some point during the storm.||Some of the stronger wind gusts included: 72 mph atop of Mount Mansfield, 61 mph at Vail Hill in Lyndonville, 60 mph in Underhill, 55 mph in Morrisville and 53 mph at Rutland airport in Clarendon.

A powerful winter storm that brought blizzard conditions to portions of Wisconsin and Minnesota and severe weather to portions of the Tennessee River Valley on February 29th weakened as it moved across the Northeast on March 1st. ||There were two rounds of snowfall that moved across the North Country, the first during the evening and overnight of February 29th and the second during the daylight hours of March 1st. The first round delivered widespread 1-3 inches across much of Vermont with 6 to 10 inches along the east slopes of the central and southern Green Mountains. The second round delivered another 1-3 inches with some areas that witnessed 3 to 5 inches additional accumulation.

A powerful winter storm that brought blizzard conditions to portions of Wisconsin and Minnesota and severe weather to portions of the Tennessee River Valley on February 29th weakened as it moved across the Northeast on March 1st.||There were two rounds of snowfall that moved across the North Country, the first during the evening and overnight of February 29th and the second during the daylight hours of March 1st. The first round delivered widespread 1-3 inches across much of Vermont with 6 to 10 inches along the east slopes of the central and southern Green Mountains. The second round delivered another 1-3 inches with some areas that witnessed 3 to 5 inches additional accumulation.

A strong and intensifying area of low pressure moved just north of the St. Lawrence River across southeast Ontario and Quebec provinces in Canada during the night of January 17th and early morning hours of January 18th.||The strong pressure gradient and cold air advection accompanying low pressure and associated cold front accounted for strong, localized damaging west to southwest winds with gusts in excess of 60 mph in elevations above 2000 feet along the Green Mountains with numerous 40 to 50 mph in the valleys. ||The end result was scattered tree limbs, trees and power lines down along with nearly 2500 customers without power across Vermont.

A storm system in the Mid-Mississippi Valley on November 22nd tracked just south of the New England shoreline on November 23rd. ||Snow began across Vermont before midnight on the 23rd and reached its maximum intensity prior and during the morning commute, then dissipated by midday. Snow mixed with freezing rain and rain at times, accounting for a heavy, wet accumulation. Snowfall accumulations in Vermont ranged from several inches in the Champlain Valley to 6 to 12 inches across central and eastern Vermont.||This snowfall accounted for numerous vehicle accidents during the morning commute as well as isolated to scattered power outages due to wet, heavy snow bending or breaking tree limbs onto power lines.

A strong storm system moved across the northern Great Lakes on April 16th and 17th with an associated occluded front that slowly moved east across New York into Vermont. Meanwhile, a very strong area of high pressure was located across New Brunswick. ||The large pressure gradient (> 40mb) between both systems resulted in strong south to southeast winds in a return flow across the Green Mountains of Vermont that produced strong to damaging downslope winds along the western slopes during the late evening of April 16th into the early morning hours of April 17th.||There were numerous reports of trees downed by high winds, with wind gusts in excess of 60 mph, that resulted in nearly 10,000 customers without power from the foothills in eastern Rutland county north to eastern Franklin county along the Canadian border.

A strong cold front, associated with a powerful storm across Canada, moved across Vermont during the night of February 18th into the early morning hours of February 19th. Strong west to northwest winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts of 40 to 50 mph accompanied the colder air and produced numerous but scattered power outages and tree damage across the state with more than 10,000 customers without power.||Some reported measured wind gusts included; 49 mph at Rutland airport in Clarendon (Rutland county), 45 mph in Middlebury (Addison county), Montpelier airport in Berlin (Washington county) and Springfield (Windsor county), 44 mph in Ludlow (Windsor county), 41 mph at the NWS office in South Burlington (Chittenden county).

A powerful Nor'easter traveled across Cape Cod into the Gulf of Maine on January 12th with a central and southern Vermont affected by this storm as well.||This storm had a long, dangerous and devastating wintry history from the southern Plains and Gulf coast states on January 9th to the southeast United States on January 10th, then coastal mid-Atlantic on January 11th until impacting the northeast late January 11th into January 12th.||Snow began across southern Vermont during the pre-dawn hours of the 12th and reached the Canadian border by mid-morning. Snowfall amounts across Vermont were generally 6 to 12 inches with lesser amounts along the Canadian border and amounts in excess of a foot along the spine of the Green Mountains as well as the southern half of Rutland and Windsor counties.

A large, powerful storm system offshore of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick delivered abundant moisture from the Atlantic, New Brunswick and eastern Quebec southwest across the St. Lawrence River Valley back across portions of Vermont and the northern Adirondacks of New York on January 9th.||Widespread 3 to 6 inches of snow fell across much of western Vermont, away from Lake Champlain, and along the spine of the Green Mountains with some 8 to 15+ inches in the foothills of eastern Chittenden county.

A very powerful Nor'easter (960 mb) passed just southeast of Cape Cod on December 27th. It's origins began as a powerful storm system that produced devastating floods and heavy rainfall to portions of southern California, Arizona and Nevada earlier in the week. This system redeveloped in the Gulf of Mexico on Christmas Day and continued to intensify as it moved northeast along the eastern seaboard. Blizzard conditions of heavy snows, strong and damaging winds in excess of 70 mph impacted coastal and inland communities from New Jersey north through Maine on the 26th and 27th. ||In Vermont, snow arrived across southern sections and the lower Connecticut River Valley during the late afternoon and evening of December 26th. Snow gradually moved into the rest of Vermont and became heavy at times in central and southern Vermont during the overnight and morning hours of December 27th.||Snowfall amounts of 4 to 8 inches across central, northeast Vermont, 8 to 15 inches in southern Vermont with some localized higher amounts. In addition strong north winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts approaching 40 mph caused considerable blowing and drifting of the snow. Numerous vehicle accidents and some isolated to scattered power outages were witnessed.

Surface low pressure across the Ohio River Valley on April 26th slowly moved across the southern New England coast into the Gulf of Maine on the 27th and 28th. Meanwhile, a cold, strong upper atmospheric area of low pressure moved from Quebec across northern New England.||This resulted in an abnormally cold, unstable and moist air mass across northern New York and northern Vermont which produced largely orthographically enhanced snowfall across the Vermont-Canadian border as well as the higher terrain of the northern Green Mountains, northern Champlain Valley and northern Connecticut River Valley.||The snow began in western Vermont by mid-morning of the 27th and across eastern Vermont during the afternoon and continued overnight before it slowly diminished during the late morning and afternoon hours of the 28th. Accumulations of a heavy, wet snow ranged from 4 to 12 inches in the valleys with 10 to 24 inches above 800 feet elevation in favored northwest facing slope communities. This heavy wet snowfall resulted in numerous downed tree limbs, branches and trees which caused scattered power outages that affected over 20,000 customers.||Some specific snowfall totals included; 4 inches in Cornwall (Addison county), Isle La Motte (Grand Isle county), Chelsea (Orange county), 6 inches in Swanton (Franklin county), NWS Burlington in South Burlington (Chittenden county), 8 inches in Essex Junction (Chittenden county), Stowe (Lamoille county), Newport (Orleans county) and Waterbury (Washington county) with 12 inches in South Lincoln (Addison county), Lyndonville (Caledonia county), Enosburg Falls (Franklin county), Brownington (Orleans county) and Marshfield (Washington county), 16 inches in Hardwick (Caledonia county), Sheldon Springs (Franklin county) and North Calais (Washington county), 20 inches in Walden (Caledonia county) and 24 inches in Jeffersonville (Lamoille county), Nashville and North Underhill (Chittenden county).

A powerful storm (972mb) moved northwest into the southwest coast of Southern New England during the night of February 25th and remained stationary through February 27th. The greatest strength of this storm and impact across the region was during the early morning hours of February 26th.||Strong easterly winds of 80 to 100 mph along the peaks of the Vermont's Green Mountains and New Hampshire's White Mountains flowed downward across exposed higher terrain and western slope valleys with 45 to 60+ mph wind gusts. Numerous communities witnessed downed tree limbs. branches and some trees that resulted in downed power lines and power outages. Power outages in Vermont ranged from 20,000 to 40,000 customers.

On the afternoon of February 23rd through the evening hours of February 24th, the combination of a large developing upper atmospheric low pressure system across the lower Great Lakes and Ohio River Valley with a surface low south of New England accounted for a prolonged fetch of sub-tropical Atlantic moisture to feed back into marginally cold air across New England.||A heavy wet snow fell across Vermont that resulted in snowfall accumulations of 6 to 30 inches with the higher amounts in the higher terrain of central and southern Vermont. The weight of the heavy snow accounted for widespread power outages across the region that resulted in upwards of 50,000 customers without power.||Some specific snowfall totals include; 32 inches in Warren (Washington county) and Ludlow (Windsor county), 31 inches in Waitsfield (Washington county), 26 inches in Randolph Center, Brookfield (Orange county) and Pomfret (Windsor county), 24 inches in Moretown (Washington county) and Hanksville (Chittenden county), 22 inches in Nashville (Chittenden county) and Northfield (Washington county), 20 inches in Walden (Caledonia county) and Stowe (Lamoille county), 18 inches in South Burlington, Williston (Chittenden county), Lincoln (Addison county) and Danby (Rutland).

Record Snowfall occurred across the greater Burlington area on January 2nd into January 3rd.||A powerful ocean storm southeast of Nova Scotia during the late afternoon of January 2nd, retrograded into the Gulf of Maine near Rockport, Maine by the morning of January 3rd and then proceeded to return to the Atlantic Ocean during the afternoon of January 3rd.||Wraparound snows moved into northern Vermont during the afternoon and evening hours of January 2nd and continued through the afternoon of January 3rd. The windward side (west) of the various mountain ranges in Vermont witnessed the heaviest snowfall due to upslope conditions with the leeward side (east) received less snow due to downslope. In addition, some training of mesoscale snow bands, likely a result of upslope and convergence within the Champlain Valley of Vermont accounted for record snowfall in the Burlington area. ||Favorable upslope regions received 8 to 18 inches of snowfall with over 30 inches in the greater Burlington area. Meanwhile downslope regions received 2 to 6 inches of snowfall. In addition, brisk northwest winds of 15 to 25 mph with higher gusts caused considerable blowing and drfiting of the snow with 4 to 5 foot snow drifts reported.||A record 33.1 inches of snow fell with this storm at Burlington Int'l Airport in South Burlington, which surpassed the old record of 29.8 inches that occurred on December 25-28 in 1969. ||Some other specific snowfall totals; 30 inches in Essex Junction and Colchester (Chittenden county), 25 inches in Monkton (Addison county) and Milton (Chittenden county), 24 inches in Charlotte (Chittenden county), 22 inches in Jeffersonville (Lamoille county), Underhill and Jericho (Chittenden county), 18 inches in Canaan (Essex county) and Sheldon Springs (Franklin county), 16 inches in Cambridge (Lamoille county), 14 inches in Barton (Orleans county), Danby (Rutland county) and Lincoln (Addison county).

A very powerful low pressure system (980mb) moved across the Great Lakes into Ontario province Canada on December 9th.||Snow overspread the region before dawn with snowfall rates in excess of an inch per hour during the morning commute along with brisk winds of 15 to 25 mph with higher gusts. The snowfall ended by early to mid afternoon. Snowfall amounts ranged from a few inches in the northern Champlain Valley and along the western slopes of the Green Mountains to 6 to 12 inches in favored up slope communities along and east of the Green Mountains. Some specific snow totals; 14 inches in Chester, 12 inches in Cavendish and Springfield, 9 inches in Bridport, 8 inches in Moretown, Rutland and Walden. This was the first widespread snow event for the 2009-10 winter season with numerous vehicle accidents throughout Vermont.||More importantly, this powerful storm delivered a low-level jet stream of 80 to 100 mph around 3000 feet that flowed across the Green Mountains and downsloped into the communities along the western slopes of the Green Mountains. Surface wind gusts of 60 to 85 mph during the afternoon downed numerous tree branches and trees which knocked down power lines and caused some structural damage to several homes as well. More than 10,000 residents lost power in the peak of the storm.||Some observed peak wind gusts included; 108 mph atop of Mount Mansfield (4000 feet), 87 mph in Huntington, 74 mph in Cambridge, 66 mph in Nashville, 65 mph in East Clarendon, 62 mph in Bolton and 52 mph in Rutland.

A strong area of low pressure moved from Cape Cod into the Gulf of Maine on November 27th and 28th. Meanwhile, a cold upper atmospheric low moved across New England which delivered cold air aloft to the region. The combination accounted for a substantial elevated terrain snow event across Vermont as well as strong gusty winds with the arrival of colder air.||Snowfall across elevations mainly above 1000-1500 feet along and east of the spine of the Green Mountains in Vermont on the night of the 27th into the morning of the 28th ranged from 3 to 7 inches with localized higher amounts in elevations above 2000 feet. Some specific snowfall totals include; 8 inches in Jay (Orleans county) and Walden (Caledonia county), 6 inches in Canaan (Essex county) and Barton (Orleans county), 4 inches in Mendon (Rutland county), Weston (Windsor county), Danville and Sutton (Caledonia county).||In addition, brisk to strong wind gusts in excess of 40 mph ushered in colder air during the early morning hours of the 28th and caused scattered power outages that affected nearly 8000 people. Some observed wind gusts included; 52 mph in Stowe (Lamoille county), 48 mph in Waltham (Addison county) and South Burlington (Chittenden county), 45 mph in Mount Holly (Rutland county) and Springfield (Windsor county).

A vigorous and unseasonably cold storm system traversed across Ontario and Quebec provinces on May 31st. This translated into a strong mid-level disturbance and low-level jet stream that supported a sharp, strong cold front. ||This strong cold front moved across Vermont during the afternoon and resulted in an brief period of strong winds with gusts of 40 to 55 mph along with a 20 degree temperature plunge. These strong winds accounted for numerous reports of fallen trees, scattered power outages throughout Vermont, as well as some accompanied property damage due to fallen trees. There were also numerous reports of pea size hail throughout the afternoon with the arrival of colder air and heavier rain showers.

An unseasonably strong spring storm moved across the northern Plains into central Canada on May 13th and 14th. At the same time, a strong surface high was located across New England on May 13th and strengthened while it slowly exited south of Nova Scotia on May 14th. This created a strong pressure gradient across northern Vermont. In addition, a strong mid-level disturbance moved across the Great Lakes and through northern New York and Vermont on the 14th.||Strong south to southwest winds of 25 to 35 mph with frequent gusts in excess of 50 mph was witnessed across much of northern Vermont during the morning and early afternoon hours of May 14th. These winds resulted in numerous reports of scattered downed trees and powerlines, as the spring season accounted for foliage on the trees.

On May 9th, a surface low and cold front moved from the Great Lakes across northern New York and Vermont, along a stationary boundary draped across the Adirondacks and central Vermont. This stationary boundary separated the cool, moist and stable air to the north, from the warm, moist and unstable air south. In addition a long-lived, strong mid-level shortwave and associated thunderstorm complex traveled across the Great Lakes and along this boundary across Vermont during the afternoon hours.||Severe thunderstorms and a developing squall line produced large hail up to an inch in diameter as well as damaging winds that knocked down trees and power lines to portions of central Vermont, especially the Middlebury vicinity. In addition, an EF1 tornado developed and briefly touched down in advance of the squall line in the town of Washington (Orange county). Some structural damage occurred to an apartment roof, school awning and destroyed a 60 foot hoop barn made of fabric and steel tubing.

A powerful storm moved from the Mississippi River Valley on December 24th across the Great Lakes and into eastern Quebec by the morning of December 25th. A strong cold front associated with this storm moved across northern New York during the late evening. South to southwest winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph ahead of the cold front shifted to the west-northwest at 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 50 mph during early Christmas morning. Scattered reports of tree limbs, power outages and torn roof shingles were reported across Vermont.

An area of high pressure was located across New England and New York on the morning of December 11th. Meanwhile, complex low pressure that originated in the Mississippi River, traveled north along the Mid-Atlantic Coast during the morning of December 11th. This low quickly raced up the coast and was located over Long Island by the morning of December 12th and Downeast Maine by the afternoon. This system tapped into mild, moist Atlantic air which then traveled above the colder air mass entrenched across the region.||Precipitation began and predominantly fell as freezing rain across southern Vermont from late afternoon of the 11th through the morning of the 12th. Snow began across central and northern Vermont during the night of the 11th, then changed over to freezing rain, freezing drizzle, and sleet across central and northern Vermont early on December 12th, before it changed back to a brief period of snow prior to ending around midday.||Combined snow and sleet accumulation in central and northern Vermont ranged from 5 to 9 inches along with a glaze coating of ice. Ice accumulation across southern Vermont ranged from one quarter to one half an inch. This storm caused hazardous driving conditions, numerous school closings, civic and government closings, and power outages on the evening of December 11th and during the day on December 12th.

A mid-atmospheric disturbance and weak surface wave moved across New York and Vermont during the evening and night of July 30th and 31st. A few scattered thunderstorms accompanied this system, which included an isolated severe thunderstorm near Warren (Washington county) that produced winds that downed a few large branches and power lines.

During the evening of April 1st into the early morning hours of April 2nd, strong winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 50 mph blew across Vermont, especially the higher terrain. This was a result of a combination of strong high pressure off the Atlantic coast along with a strong and deepening area of low pressure that moved across the Great Lakes and southeast Canada. These strong winds knocked down a few tree limbs and caused scattered power outages.

A powerful winter storm moved from the lower Mississippi River Valley on the morning of March 4th, into the Ohio River Valley during the night and then across New England on the 5th.||Snow and sleet overspread Vermont during the night of March 4th and accumulated a few inches inches prior to changing to freezing rain during the early morning hours of the 5th. Freezing rain accumulated around 1/4 of an inch across portions of Vermont, prior to it ended around noon.||In addition, strong winds which gusted to near 50 mph combined with accumulated ice on trees that resulted in scattered downed tree branches and limbs.||School cancellations, scattered power outages and numerous vehicle accidents resulted from the very hazardous conditions.

An arctic high pressure system was located across New England and New York on January 31st into the morning hours of February 1st. Meanwhile, a powerful storm system moved from the southern Plains on the morning of January 31st into the Ohio River Valley by the morning of February 1st and then across New England during the night of February 1st. This storm system transported a great deal of moisture and milder air above a surface that had a cold, dry airmass established across the region.||This resulted in a significant wintry mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain across portions of north central and northeast Vermont. Snow began by late morning on February 1st across Vermont and changed to sleet and freezing rain during the afternoon that continued during the night, before changing back to snow showers prior to ending during the early morning hours of the 2nd.||Combined snow and sleet accumulations across portions of north central and northeast Vermont was 3 to 7 inches along with accumulating ice between one quarter to under one half an inch. This wintry mix accounted for hazardous road conditions, numerous vehicle accidents and multiple school, civic and government closings on February 1st. In addition, very strong winds along the exposed hilltops in Washington, eastern Franklin, Lamoille and Orleans counties resulted in scattered wind gusts in excess of 50 mph and power outages.

A strong and rapidly intensifying low pressure system moved from the Great Lakes across Ontario and western Quebec during the morning and early afternoon of January 9th. A very strong low-level wind field with southwest winds in excess of 60 mph just above the surface moved across Vermont during the early afternoon hours. ||Some of these strong winds translated down to the surface and caused scattered wind damage in the form of downed trees and scattered power outages throughout Vermont. Some observed wind gusts included; 55 mph in Waitsfield (Washington county), 53 mph at Colchester Reef (Chittenden county) with 45 mph in Rutland (Rutland county) and Westford (Chittenden county).

A powerful primary upper level and surface low across the Ohio River Valley on the morning of December 16th spawned a secondary coastal low in the Delmarva Peninsula. Both systems merged across southern New England during the afternoon of the 16th and then moved into the Gulf of Maine at night.||Snow overspread Vermont just after midnight on the 16th and briefly mixed with sleet during the late morning and early afternoon hours before steadier and heavier snow returned during the late afternoon hours and continued until just after midnight on the 17th. Brisk northwest winds of 15 to 25 mph with stronger gusts accompanied the steadier snowfall in the evening hours and that resulted in considerable blowing and drifting of the snow with greatly reduced visibilities.||Storm total snowfall accumulations across Vermont were 8 to 18 inches. Some of the higher snowfall totals included; 18 inches in Vergennes (Addison county), Brookfield (Orange county) as well as Milton, Hanksville and Essex Junction (Chittenden county), 17 inches in Wheelock (Caledonia county), 16 inches in Sutton (Caledonia county), NWS Burlington office in South Burlington (Chittenden county). Elsewhere, 15 inches fell in Chittenden (Rutland county), Stowe and Cambridge (Lamoille county) with 14 inches in Marshfield (Washington county) and Springfield (Windsor county).

A powerful Nor'easter moved north along the Eastern seaboard on the 15th to the western tip of Long Island, NY on the morning of the 16th. Very strong east to southeast winds traveled across the peaks of the White Mountains in New Hampshire and the Green Mountains of Vermont during the morning and early afternoon of the 16th. |The end result for much of Vermont was scattered damage in the form of trees or large limbs knocked down by strong winds, which were carrying a heavy load of wet snow from hours earlier. Much of this occurred along the western foothills in the mountains of Vermont. This resulted in scattered power outages throughout the state. |Some communities affected included; Underhill (Chittenden county), Barton (Orleans county), Woodstock and Windsor (Windsor county), Stowe (Lamoille county), Marshfield (Washington county)...Lincoln and Ripton (Addison county).

A storm system initiated across the southern Rockies on the 12th and moved across the southern Plains on the 13th into the Gulf coast states on the 14th. On the 14th, this storm intensified rapidly across the southeast United States and continued to intensify rapidly as it moved along the Eastern seaboard on the 15th to the western tip of Long Island, NY on the morning of the 16th. Thereafter, this powerful Nor���easter drifted east of New England.|In Vermont, a mixture of snow and rain overspread the area during the late morning of the 15th and eventually the precipitation changed to snow as the intensity of the precipitation increased during the afternoon and continued into the early morning hours of the 16th, before gradually ending by mid-morning on the 16th.|The heaviest precipitation and largest snowfall totals were across the east-facing higher terrain of the Green mountains, while the least amounts occurred in the valleys on the west side of mountainous regions. Snowfall totals were generally 4 to 7 inches in the valleys with locally up to a foot along the east-facing slopes of the higher elevations of the Green mountains. This was a heavy, wet snow that caused numerous power outages, as well as extremely slick and treacherous roads that resulted in numerous vehicle accidents. |Some specific snowfall totals included: 6 inches in Bridport (Addison county), Chelsea and Corinth (Orange county)���7 inches in New Haven (Addison county), Hanksville (Chittenden county) and Waitsfield (Washington county)��� 8 inches in South Lincoln (Addison county) and Springfield (Windsor county)���9 inches in Eden (Lamoille county) and Waterbury (Washington county)���10 inches in Worcester (Washington county), 11 inches in Andover (Windsor county)���13 inches in Randolph (Orange county) and 14 inches in Jay (Orleans county).

Strong low pressure moved into the Great Lakes on the morning of the 12th. Meanwhile, a secondary area of low pressure developed off the Delmarva pennisula during the afternoon of the 12th. Both systems eventually moved into the Gulf of Maine during the early morning hours of the 13th.|Precipitation was a wintry mix of heavy wet snow, sleet and rain with the most persistent snows in the higher elevations and during the hours after sunset with the loss of solar insolation. Snowfall totals in the higher elevations of Vermont were generally 6 to 10 inches with lower amounts within the valley floors. The heavy wet nature of the snow caused very treacherous road conditions during the evening commute as well as some downed tree limbs and power lines.|Some specific snowfall totals included; 5 inches in South Lincoln (Addison county), East Haven (Essex county), Morrisville (Lamoille county), Craftsbury (Orleans county), Montpelier (Washington county) and Cavendish (Windsor county)... 6 inches in Guidhall (Essex county), Chelsea (Orange county), Morgan (Orleans county), Marshfield (Washington county and Plymouth (Windsor county)...7 inches in St. Johnsbury (Caledonia county), Stowe (Lamoille county), Strafford (Orange county), East Albany (Orleans county), Pittsfield (Rutland county) and Bethel (Windsor county)...8 inches in Wheelock (Caledonia county), Corinth (Orange county) and Worcester (Washington county)...9 inches in Walden (Caledonia county), Randolph (Orange county), Northfield (Washington county) and Andover (Windsor county) with 10 inches in Jay (Orleans county), Brandon (Rutland county) and Rochester (Windsor county) and 12 inches in Eden (Lamoille county).

A complex storm system moved across Ontario and Quebec on the 4th with a frontal boundary that moved across Vermont during the afternoon. Meanwhile, a coastal low developed off the New Jersey coast during the late afternoon and evening of the 4th, that delivered precipitation across the area through the early morning hours of the 5th. Rain mixed with and then changed to sleet and snow across Vermont during the afternoon of the 4th and continued through midday on the 5th.|Combined snow and sleet accumulations ranged from 4 to 12 inches with the higher amounts in the higher elevations. This caused some hazardous travel as well as some scattered power outages due to fallen tree limbs and branches. |Some specific snowfall accumulations included; 4 inches in Jericho (Chittenden county) and Morrisville (Lamoille county), 5 inches in Westford (Chittenden county), 7 inches in Granville (Addison county), Montgomery (Franklin county), Danby Four Corners (Rutland) and Rochester (Windsor county), 8 inches in Jay (Orleans county), Mount Holly (Rutland county), Chelsea (Orange county) and Woodstock (Windsor county), 9 inches in North Underhill (Chittenden county), East Haven (Essex county), Newport (Orleans county) and Worcester (Washington county), 10 inches in New Haven (Addison county), St. Johnsbury (Caledonia) and Greensboro (Orleans), 11 inches in South Lincoln (Addison county), Eden (Lamoille county), Waitsfield (Washington county) and Bethel (Windsor county), 12 inches in Lyndonville (Caledonia county), Island Pond (Essex county) and Brookfield (Orange county) with 14 inches in Sutton (Caledonia county) and North Calais (Orange county).

A powerful and large storm in New Brunswick and the Canadian Maritimes on the 19th and 20th, delivered a cold and unstable air flow into the central Green Mountains of Vermont. This unstable northwest flow accounted for upslope snow conditions to develop on the west-northwest slopes of the central Green Mountains and extend eastward into central Vermont during the evening of the 19th and into the morning hours of the 20th. |Snowfall amounts of 6 to 12 inches were common. Some specific amounts include 6 inches at Eden (Lamoille), Marshfield and Waitsfield (Washington)...8 inches at Stannard (Caledonia), North Calais and Worcester (Washington)...9 inches at Bolton (Chittenden), Walden (Calendonia) and East Montpelier (Washington), 11 inches at Jericho (Chittenden) and 13 inches in Northfield (Washington).

A mid-atmospheric disturbance moved into a very warm, humid and unstable airmass across Vermont during the afternoon of the 2nd, which lead to the development of scattered thunderstorms. Some of these thunderstorms were locally severe and produced damaging winds that knocked down large tree branches and power lines in Warren, as well as several trees downed in Northfield. In South Barre, numerous trees were snapped, uprooted and knocked down on Wilson street.

A surface trough and mid-level atmospheric disturbance moved into a very warm and humid airmass across Vermont during the afternoon of the 19th. This resulted in the development of several lines of thunderstorms, that intensified as they moved across the state. Severe thunderstorms occurred in Washington county with trees and powerlines blown down in Worcester as well as trees down and a partially torn roof, which was lifted off of a storage shed at the VT Public Safety Complex in Waterbury.

A coastal storm developed around New Jersey during the early morning of the 4th and slowly tracked northeast across southern New England through the 5th. Meanwhile, a cold upper atmospheric area of low pressure moved southeast from Canada into New York and northern New England delivering colder air, causing rain to change to a heavy wet snow by midday on the 4th and continued into the late evening across Vermont. This was a highly elevation dependent event due to marginal surface temperatures and melting due to solar radiation through clouds during the daylight hours. The lowest valleys received less than 2 inches, while elevations above 2000 feet received up to 10 inches. Snowfall reports include: 3 inches at Rutland, Bethel, Eden and Chelsea...4 inches at Danby Four Corners and Waitsfield...5 inches in Sutton, Waterford, Barre, Northfield, East Albany...6 inches in Jay Peak, Greensboro, Berlin, Underhill, Mendon and Middlebury...7 inches in Hanksville and Brookfield with 10 inches in Starksboro. Due to the nature of the heavy wet snow, there were widely scattered power outages across the region, as well as some motor vehicle accidents.

Low pressure moved through the eastern Great Lakes and St Lawrence Valley region during early Friday morning (the 17th), while an accompanying arctic front barreled across the southern Champlain Valley into the western slopes of the Green Mountains of Vermont during the late morning hours. Sustained winds of 35 to 45 mph with damaging wind gusts in excess of 60 mph moved across the region between late morning and mid afternoon. There were widespread reports of trees and power lines down, blocking roads and causing structural damage. In Addison county, a roof was partially torn off a General Store in West Addison, while a brick exterior wall was partially removed in Fair Haven. In Washington county, a construction site at Sugarbush Ski Resort in the town of Warren had numerous toppled trusses as a result of winds in excess of 80 mph, including a peak wind gust of 93 mph. Other wind gusts included: 75 mph at the Killington Ski resort and 64 mph at Bridport.Some of the localities reporting damage included: Bridport, Rutland, Clarendon, Castleton, Addison, Middlebury, Hubbardton, Middletown Springs, Vergennes, Brandon, Warren, Waitsfield, Barre, Fayston and Moretown. Power outages were widespread across the area, with an estimated 50,000 customers statewide in Vermont without power.

A powerful storm tracked northeast across Ontario and Quebec provinces on the 18th. Ahead of this storm, brisk south winds caused temperatures to rise into the 40s creating snow melt. Widespread rainfall of 1.5 to 2.5 inches on the night of the 17th through early afternoon of the 18th increased run-off into area watersheds. The Winooski river and some of its tributaries experienced flooding due to high water caused by run-off and frequent ice jams, including the Dog River at Berlin and Roxbury...the Mad River in Warren and Waitsfield as well as the Winooski at Middlesex and Moretown.

A storm system off the south coast of New Jersey early on Tuesday, November 22nd moved north across eastern portions of Maine the night of November 22nd. A mixture of snow, sleet and rain the morning of November 22nd changed to snow by afternoon. The precipitation tapered off to snow showers at night. Across northeast Vermont, as well as over the spine of the Green mountains and over the western slopes of the Green Mountains, generally between 6 and 9 inches of snow fell with somewhat lesser amounts in the lower valley locations. A few reports included: 9 inches in Morgan (Orleans county), 8 1/2 inches in Underhill (east portion of Chittenden county), 8 inches in Enosburg Falls (east portion of Franklin county), 7 inches in both Belvidere and Jeffersonville (Lamoille county) as well as Jerusalem in eastern Addison county. Numerous traffic accidents were reported throughout the area. The wet snow combined with gusty winds to result in power outages.

A large ocean storm system moved north, passing east of New England on Tuesday, October 25th and Wednesday, October 26th. Steady rain on the 25th of October changed to snow by early afternoon in the higher terrain counties of Vermont. This was very wet snow and became heavy at times and was accompanied by gusty winds. With foliage still on the trees, the weight of the snow easily took many trees and tree limbs down with extensive power outages. Thousands were without power. Numerous traffic accidents were reported. During the evening of the 25th, the impact of the storm was clearly being felt with 4 to 6 inch snowfall. Total snow accumulations in this area were 8 to 14 inches with lesser amounts in the sheltered valleys. Specifically, North Underhill (eastern Chittenden county) received 14.8 inches, South Lincoln (eastern Addison county) reported 9.1 inches, while both Montgomery (eastern Franklin county) and Worcester (Washington county) received 8 inches.

A storm system near Delaware early on October 22nd, moved northeast across east coastal portions of New England on Sunday, October 23rd. Rain on the evening of the 22nd changed to snow during the overnight period and continued into Sunday morning, October 23rd. The greatest accumulations of snow occurred in the higher terrain. Power outages were reported. Specifically, in Caledonia county 5 inches was reported in Walden, in Orleans county 5 inches fell in East Albany while Jay had 4 inches. In Berlin (Washington county), 4 inches was reported. The town of Chelsea (Orange county) reported 3 inches while in Lamoille county the town of Morrisville reported 2.9 inches. Lesser amounts were reported elsewhere in Vermont.

An ocean storm system moved north to the east of New England during Saturday, October 15th and into New Brunswick during Sunday, October 16th. A tight pressure gradient on the backside of this intensifying storm resulted in strong winds across the area on October 16th during the late morning and early afternoon especially. Countywide tree damage was reported, with the following specific reports: Morgan Center reported trees down on power lines, and a 120 foot windmill snapped in the wind in Derby (Orleans county). In Lamoille county both Cambridge and Morrisville reported trees down on power lines, with the Washington county locations of Warren and Montpelier reporting trees down. Power outages were reported across the area.

A storm system moved rapidly across the Province of Quebec on the 29th of September. The associated cold front moved across north central and northeast portions of Vermont during the morning and early afternoon of September 29th. The front was accompanied by showers and thunderstorms. Large scale damaging winds preceded and followed the front. Trees and power lines were blown down countywide across the counties of Lamoille, Orleans and Washington, with thousands experiencing power outages at times. Winds were generally estimated at a sustained 35 to 45 mph with higher gusts. A few specific reports were as follows: In Orleans county, trees and power lines were down in the towns of Morgan, Craftsbury, Derby Line and Brownington. Some schools in the county released students early due to power outages. In Newport, a tree was blown down on a car, while minor roof damage to a house was reported in Derby Line. In Washington county, trees and power lines were down in the towns of Warren, Barre, Berlin (with a road blocked) and Marshfield. Numerous trees were blown down in Lamoille county in and around Morrisville as well as the Stowe area.

A frontal boundary across southern Vermont moved slowly north and focused afternoon thunderstorms across Vermont. In the Washington county town of Calais, numerous large trees were blown down with hail reported in the East Montpelier area. Power outages were also reported. Very heavy rain also accompanied this storm.

An area of low pressure over the Ohio Valley Wednesday, February 9th moved to the New Jersey coast the night of February 9th as it intensified. This storm system reorganized and was near the Cape Cod Canal Thursday morning, February 10th. Thereafter it moved northeast through the Gulf of Maine the night of February10th. Snow overspread the area after midnight in the early morning of February 10th. The snow was heavy at times during Thursday, February 10th, before it tapered off to snow showers late on the night of February 10th. Across north central and northeast Vermont, snowfall accumulations were generally between 10 and 20 inches, with the lowest amounts along the Connecticut River Valley. Power outages were reported.

A storm system moving from the Great Lakes into southern Canada combined with a large high pressure system over the Canadian Maritimes to produce strong winds across the area. Winds gusted from 25 to 45 mph in places (locally higher where funneled by terrain such as Pleasant Valley). A few tree limbs or trees were blown down in Jeffersonville (Lamoille county) and in Williston (Chittenden county). In Waitsfield (Washington county), the wind gusted to 47 mph. A small tool shed was overturned in Coventry. Some power outages were reported across the area.

A strong cold front moved across Vermont during the early afternoon and was preceded and accompanied by thunderstorms, showers and gusty winds. A few thunderstorms were severe. A severe thunderstorm moved from Marshfield to Cabot with damaging winds. Trees and power lines were blown down. In Cabot, a woman was blown off a porch and injured. Also in Cabot, 100 to 200 trees were snapped or uprooted. One tree fell on and damaged a shed. Winds were estimated to be between 70 and 100 mph.

A cold trough in the upper levels of the atmosphere resulted in micro burst type winds. People reported hearing only one clap of thunder with no lightning. Wind gusts were estimated at 40 to 50 mph. In Chittenden and Franklin counties, tree limbs were blown down with some power outages. In Barre (Washington county), a tree was blown down onto a car. A boat was over turned on Lake Champlain.

A low pressure system moved across southern Quebec during Wednesday, June 9th. The associated trailing cold front tracked slowly across northern New York and Vermont during the morning and afternoon hours. This front was preceded and accompanied by thunderstorms with damaging winds. In Lamoille county, trees were blown down in the town of Stowe and one fell on a car while in the town of Waterville tree limbs and power lines were blown down. In Washington county, tree limbs were blown down in Worcester.

A strong low pressure system moved through the eastern Great Lakes and into southern Canada Thursday morning, November 13th. Strong winds preceded and followed the passage of the storm system. In the counties of Lamoille, Washington and Orange, numerous trees and power lines were blown down.

A strong low pressure system moved down the St Lawrence River Valley and into Canada during Wednesday morning, October 15th. Strong winds preceded and followed this storm system. Trees and power lines were blown down in the following Vermont locations: In West portion of Rutland county...numerous power outages in and around Rutland. In West portion of Addison county...Middlebury had trees and power lines blown down with power outages and some structural damage. In Washington county...trees were uprooted by the wind in Marshfield with numerous power outages.

An area of low pressure moved from eastern New York into New England Monday night. Rapidly moving thunderstorms associated with this system resulted in a transport down to the surface of strong upper level winds. In Barre, Vermont, numerous trees were uprooted. Some structural damage was reported. Power lines were blown down with a number of residents without power.

A storm system moved into southern Canada Saturday, March 9th. The associated strong cold front moved across the area during the early morning hours of March 10th. Strong winds were associated with this low pressure system and strong cold front during the early morning of March 10th. Trees were blown down in the Middlesex area. In addition, power was out in the towns of Warren, Waitsfield and Fayston.

A weak trough or convergence line moved across Vermont during the afternoon of June 30th. Thunderstorms preceded and accompanied this trough line. A few of the storms were accompanied by strong winds. In the Vermont town of Middlesex, numerous trees were either blown down or snapped. Structural damage to a shed was reported as well as a number of power outages.

A storm system moved slowly northeast along the New England coast Friday, March 30th and Friday night. Significant snow fell across the area, especially across the elevated terrain with lesser amounts in the valleys. In general between 10 and 20 inches of snow fell. A few snowfall reports by county included: Windsor county...Rochester 15 inches with 10 inches in Springfield. Orange county...19 inches in Brookfield. Washington county...Waitsfield reported 15 inches. The snow that fell was heavy and wet with some power outages and slippery roads with some accidents.

A strong storm system moved across the Canadian Province of Quebec Friday night, February 9th and Saturday, February 10th. The associated cold front was accompanied and followed by very windy conditions. Trees and power lines were blown down with power outages in the towns of Marshfield, Plainfield, Worcester, Barre and Montpelier.

A storm system moved across eastern New York Tuesday morning, March 28th and into northern Vermont Tuesday afternoon, March 28th. This system resulted in strong east and southeast winds primarily along the west slopes of the Green Mountains. Saturated ground conditions combined with the winds resulting in downed trees. Scattered power outages were reported in Moretown when a few trees were blown down on to power lines. Trees were blown down across roads in Plainfield.