High Wind, Lamoille
- When
- January 27, 9:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lamoille forecast zone
- Measured
- 83 kt (96 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 44.606, -72.641 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Vermont, January 27, 1996
A storm system developed in the lower Mississippi Valley on Friday (1/26/96) and moved to the central Great Lakes region Saturday morning (1/27/96) and then into Canada. Winds became strong and gusty (30-50 mph with higher gusts) across the state between 5 AM and 5 PM 1/27/96.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $220,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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 BTV wrote it up.
A storm system developed in the lower Mississippi Valley on Friday (1/26/96) and moved to the central Great Lakes region Saturday morning (1/27/96) and then into Canada. Snow spread into Vermont around 3 AM 1/27/96...but changed to rain around dawn most areas...except not until noon in Orleans, Caledonia and Essex counties where 1 to 3 inches of snow accumulated.Winds became strong and gusty (30-50 mph with higher gusts) across the state between 5 AM and 5 PM 1/27/96. A few of the more significant reports of wind damage on 1/27/96 included: One injury in Franklin County when a portion of a building was blown over onto a person resulting in leg injuries, School roof damage in Cambridge (Lamoille County) with estimated winds of 83 knots, Newport (Orleans County) reported numerous trees blown down and objects blown about, roof damage in Jericho (Chittenden County).Across the entire state there were numerous reports of many large trees blown down...extensive power outages...and minor field flooding along rivers.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Western Addison
- When
- January 27, 9:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Addison forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 44.031, -73.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Western Franklin
- When
- January 27, 9:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Franklin forecast zone
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 44.858, -72.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Western Chittenden
- When
- January 27, 10:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Chittenden forecast zone
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 44.461, -73.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Western Rutland
- When
- January 27, 11:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Rutland forecast zone
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 43.580, -73.037 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Orleans
- When
- January 27, 11:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Orleans forecast zone
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 44.829, -72.244 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Caledonia
- When
- January 27, 11:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Caledonia forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 44.465, -72.102 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flooding in New Jersey, January 27 to 31, 1996
- Flooding in Maine, January 27 to 30, 1996
- High Wind in New York, January 27, 1996
- Flooding in New York, January 27, 1996
- High Wind in New York, January 27, 1996
- Flooding in New York, January 27 to 28, 1996
- High Wind in Maine, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flooding in New York, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, January 27, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 27 to 30, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, January 27, 1996
More
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5554224, 5554225, 5554226, 5554227, 5554228, 5554229, 5554230.