Winter Storm, Grand Isle
- When
- April 18, 10:00 AM EST to April 19, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Grand Isle forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 44.797, -73.295 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Vermont, April 18 to 19, 1997
A storm system intensified off the southern New England coast Thursday night (4/17/97) and Friday (4/18/97). Heavy wet snow fell across portions of the area.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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
- $220,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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 intensified off the southern New England coast Thursday night (4/17/97) and Friday (4/18/97). The storm system slowly drifted east and out to sea Saturday (4/19/97).Heavy wet snow fell across portions of the area. Topography and elevation played an important role in snowfall amounts. The greatest snowfall amounts were along and west of the Green Mountains where some power outages resulted. East of the Green Mountains, milder maritime air resulted in mostly rain or a wet mix of rain and snow. The heaviest snowfall amounts were as follows:Huntington Center (Chittenden County)....15.8 inchesEast Wallingford (Rutland County).......14 inchesSouth Woodstock (Windsor County).......14 inchesSouth Lincoln (Addison County).......13.5 inchesWilliamstown (Orange County)........12 inchesEden (Lamoille County)......7 inchesBerkshire (Franklin County)......4 inchesNorthfield (Washington County)....3 inchesSutton (Caledonia County).....1 inchSpringfield (Windsor County).......Trace Snow
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Western Franklin
- When
- April 18, 10:00 AM EST to April 19, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Franklin forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 44.858, -72.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Orleans
- When
- April 18, 10:00 AM EST to April 19, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Orleans forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 44.829, -72.244 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Western Chittenden
- When
- April 18, 10:00 AM EST to April 19, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Chittenden forecast zone
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Coordinates
- 44.461, -73.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Lamoille
- When
- April 18, 10:00 AM EST to April 19, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Lamoille forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 44.606, -72.641 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Washington
- When
- April 18, 10:00 AM EST to April 19, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 44.273, -72.615 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Western Addison
- When
- April 18, 10:00 AM EST to April 19, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Addison forecast zone
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Coordinates
- 44.031, -73.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Western Rutland
- When
- April 18, 10:00 AM EST to April 19, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Rutland forecast zone
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 43.580, -73.037 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Windsor
- When
- April 18, 10:00 AM EST to April 19, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Windsor forecast zone
- Property damage
- $40,000
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flood in North Dakota, April 18 to 23, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 18, 1997
- Winter Storm in New York, April 18, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, April 18 to 19, 1997
- Frost and Freeze in Kentucky, April 18, 1997
- Frost and Freeze in Illinois, April 18, 1997
- Frost and Freeze in Missouri, April 18, 1997
- Frost and Freeze in Indiana, April 18, 1997
- Flash Flooding in New Hampshire, April 18 to 20, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Maine, April 18 to 20, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 18, 1997
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, April 18, 1997
More
Every storm in Vermont in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, April 1997
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: 5609017, 5609018, 5609019, 5609020, 5609021, 5609022, 5609023, 5609024, 5609025.