Winter Weather, Grand Isle
- When
- March 21, 8:00 PM EST to March 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Grand Isle forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 44.797, -73.295 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in Vermont, March 21 to 22, 1997
Snow fell across the area during Friday night ending early Saturday morning. with the greatest amounts in the mountains.
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
- $75,000
- 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 area of low pressure moved across the Great Lakes late Friday (3/21/97) and reached the New England coast near Cape Cod, Massachusetts Saturday morning (3/22/97).Snow fell across the area during Friday night ending early Saturday morning. Generally between 3 and 5 inches of snow fell across the area...with the greatest amounts in the mountains.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
12 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Weather, Western Franklin
- When
- March 21, 8:00 PM EST to March 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Franklin forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 44.858, -72.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Orleans
- When
- March 21, 8:00 PM EST to March 22, 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)
Winter Weather, Essex
- When
- March 21, 8:00 PM EST to March 22, 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)
Winter Weather, Western Chittenden
- When
- March 21, 8:00 PM EST to March 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Chittenden forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 44.461, -73.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Lamoille
- When
- March 21, 8:00 PM EST to March 22, 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)
Winter Weather, Caledonia
- When
- March 21, 8:00 PM EST to March 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Caledonia forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 44.465, -72.102 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Washington
- When
- March 21, 8:00 PM EST to March 22, 8:00 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 Weather, Western Addison
- When
- March 21, 8:00 PM EST to March 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Addison forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 44.031, -73.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Orange
- When
- March 21, 8:00 PM EST to March 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Orange forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 44.006, -72.377 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Western Rutland
- When
- March 21, 8:00 PM EST to March 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Rutland forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 43.580, -73.037 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Windsor
- When
- March 21, 8:00 PM EST to March 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Windsor forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flooding in North Dakota, March 21 to 31, 1997
- Winter Weather in New York, March 21 to 22, 1997
- Flooding in South Dakota, March 21 to 31, 1997
- Flooding in South Dakota, March 21 to 24, 1997
- Flood in South Dakota, March 21 to 26, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, March 21, 1997
- Waterspout in U.S. Virgin Islands, March 21, 1997
- Hail in Florida, March 21, 1997
More
Every storm in Vermont in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, March 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5602813, 5602814, 5602815, 5602816, 5602817, 5602818, 5602819, 5602820, 5602821, 5602822, 5602823, 5602824.