Name: Heavy Snow in Vermont, December 1 to 2, 1997
Start: 1997-12-01T00:00
End: 1997-12-02T08:00
Location: Vermont

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $55,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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.

An area of low pressure off the Middle Atlantic coast Sunday night (11/30/97) moved to near Cape Cod early Monday (12/01/97) and continued to move northeast thereafter. Snow and freezing rain developed during late Sunday night (11/30/97) and continued in the form of periods of snow Monday (12/01/97) into early Tuesday (12/02/97). Several traffic accidents were reported.The heaviest snow fell in the higher terrain. A few snow accumulations included:East Haven (Essex county)........................14.0 inchesHuntington Center (Chittenden county)........12.6 inchesJay Peak (Orleans county).........................12.0 inchesSutton (Caledonia county)..........................10.0 inchesSouth Lincoln (Addison county)....................9.6 inchesEden (Lamoille county)................................9.3 inches

The radar

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Event by event

6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Essex

When: December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 2, 8:00 AM EST
Where: Essex forecast zone
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 44.728, -71.736 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Chittenden

When: December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 2, 8:00 AM EST
Where: Chittenden forecast zone
Property damage: $20,000
Coordinates: 44.461, -73.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Orleans

When: December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 2, 8:00 AM EST
Where: Orleans forecast zone
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 44.829, -72.244 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Caledonia

When: December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 2, 8:00 AM EST
Where: Caledonia forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 44.465, -72.102 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Addison

When: December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 2, 8:00 AM EST
Where: Addison forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 44.031, -73.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Lamoille

When: December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 2, 8:00 AM EST
Where: Lamoille forecast zone
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 44.606, -72.641 (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.

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The same day elsewhere

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: 5624362, 5624363, 5624364, 5624365, 5624366, 5624367.