Cold/Wind Chill, Grand Isle
- When
- January 19, 12:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Grand Isle forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.797, -73.295 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Vermont, January 19, 1997
An arctic airmass centered over the Northeast resulted in bitterly cold early morning low temperatures on Sunday, January 19, 1997.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 11 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
- 12
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 arctic airmass centered over the Northeast resulted in bitterly cold early morning low temperatures on Sunday, January 19, 1997. A few of the coldest locations were:Canaan (Essex County)............minus 38Morrisville (Lamoille County).........minus 36West Burke (Caledonia County)........minus 35Albany (Orleans County)..........minus 32Bethel (Windsor County)..........minus 32Westford (Chittenden County).......minus 29Montpelier (Washington County).......minus 27South Lincoln (Addison County)..........minus 25
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
12 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Western Franklin
- When
- January 19, 12:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Franklin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.858, -72.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Orleans
- When
- January 19, 12:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Orleans forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.829, -72.244 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Essex
- When
- January 19, 12:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Essex forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.728, -71.736 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Western Chittenden
- When
- January 19, 12:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Chittenden forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.461, -73.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Lamoille
- When
- January 19, 12:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Lamoille forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.606, -72.641 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Caledonia
- When
- January 19, 12:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Caledonia forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.465, -72.102 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Washington
- When
- January 19, 12:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.273, -72.615 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Western Addison
- When
- January 19, 12:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Addison forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.031, -73.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Orange
- When
- January 19, 12:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Orange forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.006, -72.377 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Western Rutland
- When
- January 19, 12:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Rutland forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.580, -73.037 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Windsor
- When
- January 19, 12:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Windsor forecast zone
What these are
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Debris Flow in Washington, January 19, 1997
- Cold in Florida, January 19, 1997
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, January 19, 1997
- Cold in New Mexico, January 19, 1997
- Cold in New York, January 19, 1997
- Flash Flood in Hawaii, January 19 to 20, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, January 19 to 20, 1997
- Cold in New York, January 19, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 19, 1997
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, January 19 to 20, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, January 19, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, January 19, 1997
More
Every storm in Vermont in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, January 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: 5601130, 5601216, 5601217, 5601218, 5601219, 5601220, 5601221, 5601222, 5601223, 5601224, 5601225, 5601226.