Heavy Snow, Bennington
- When
- April 9, 10:00 PM EST to April 10, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bennington forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.036, -73.093 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Vermont, April 9 to 10, 1996
A spring storm rapidly intensified as it moved northeast along the Atlantic coast during April 9 and 10. The system produced a general snowfall of 6 inches across Bennington and Windham Counties of southern Vermont.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS ALY wrote it up.
A spring storm rapidly intensified as it moved northeast along the Atlantic coast during April 9 and 10. The system produced a general snowfall of 6 inches across Bennington and Windham Counties of southern Vermont. Some specific snowfall totals included: 6 inches at Bennington and Shaftsbury in Bennington County and 7 inches at Brattleboro in Windham County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Western Windham
- When
- April 9, 10:00 PM EST to April 10, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Windham forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.991, -72.714 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Maine, April 9 to 11, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, April 9 to 10, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Florida, April 9, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, April 9 to 10, 1996
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, April 9 to 10, 1996
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, April 9 to 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, April 9 to 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, April 9 to 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Rhode Island, April 9 to 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, April 9 to 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, April 9 to 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, April 9 to 10, 1996
More
Every storm in Vermont in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, April 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5550115, 5550116.