Hail, Franklin
- When
- June 4, 6:15 PM EST to 6:20 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin County, Swanton
- Measured
- 0.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.858, -72.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail in Vermont, June 4, 1996
A weak area of low pressure moved through New England on Tuesday, June 4, 1996. Wind gusts to 30 knots were reported at Swanton Vermont (Franklin County) between 1815 EST and 1820 EST with pea size hail.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 1
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 weak area of low pressure moved through New England on Tuesday, June 4, 1996. Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms were scattered across Northern New York and Vermont...with locally heavy rain and some small hail reported.Wind gusts to 30 knots were reported at Swanton Vermont (Franklin County) between 1815 EST and 1820 EST with pea size hail.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flooding in Montana, June 4 to 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Kansas, June 4, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 4, 1996
- Tornado in Maryland, June 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 4, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, June 4, 1996
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, June 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 4, 1996
- Hail in South Dakota, June 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 4, 1996
- Hail in Texas, June 4, 1996
More
Every storm in Vermont in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, June 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5572920.