Hail, Addison
- When
- July 7, 12:40 PM EST to 12:45 PM EST
- Where
- Addison County, Middlebury
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 44.020, -73.170
Hail in Vermont, July 7, 1997
A cold front moved across Vermont during the afternoon and evening of Monday, July 7, 1997. Thunderstorms preceeded and accompanied this front with heavy rain and many reports of hail.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 afternoon and evening of Monday, July 7, 1997. Thunderstorms preceeded and accompanied this front with heavy rain and many reports of hail. There were reports of large hail, and damage was reported to cars in Middlebury, VT (Addison County) due to the hail (1 1/4 inch diameter). There were reports of small hail in Essex County VT near East Haven (1/2 inch diameter) .
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:39 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Rutland
- When
- July 7, 1:05 PM EST to 1:10 PM EST
- Where
- Rutland County, Brandon
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.800, -73.080
Hail, Washington
- When
- July 7, 1:20 PM EST to 1:25 PM EST
- Where
- Washington County, Waitsfield
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 44.180, -72.820
Hail, Caledonia
- When
- July 7, 1:45 PM EST to 1:50 PM EST
- Where
- Caledonia County, Burke Hollow
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.620, -71.950
Hail, Orleans
- When
- July 7, 3:10 PM EST to 3:15 PM EST
- Where
- Orleans County, Coventry
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 44.870, -72.270
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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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: 5616845, 5616910, 5616911, 5616913, 5616914.