Hail, Grand Isle
- When
- June 5, 10:55 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Grand Isle County, North Hero
- Measured
- 0.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.797, -73.295 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail in Vermont, June 5, 1996
A cold front moved across Vermont during the late morning and afternoon hours of Wednesday, June 5, 1996. Burlington, Vermont (Chittenden County) pea size hail at 11 am est.
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 cold front moved across Vermont during the late morning and afternoon hours of Wednesday, June 5, 1996. Scattered thunderstorms were accompanied by small hail at a number of locations including:Sutton, Vermont (Caledonia County) pea size hail at 1030 am estNorth Hero, Vermont (Grand Isle County) 1/4 inch hail at 1055 am est with gusty winds.Burlington, Vermont (Chittenden County) pea size hail at 11 am est.
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
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 5, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kansas, June 5 to 6, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 5, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 5, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 5, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, June 5, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, June 5, 1996
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 5, 1996
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 5, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 5, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kansas, June 5 to 6, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kansas, June 5, 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: 5573079.