Winter Weather, Orleans
- When
- March 25, 5:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM 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 in Vermont, March 25, 1997
A low pressure system moved through the central Great Lakes region Tuesday morning (3/25/97) and into Canada early Wednesday morning (3/26/97). Across portions of North Central and Northeast Vermont snow accumulations were between 3 and 5 inches before the precipitation mixed with sleet and freezing drizzle.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- $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 low pressure system moved through the central Great Lakes region Tuesday morning (3/25/97) and into Canada early Wednesday morning (3/26/97). Across portions of North Central and Northeast Vermont snow accumulations were between 3 and 5 inches before the precipitation mixed with sleet and freezing drizzle.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Weather, Essex
- When
- March 25, 5:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM 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, Lamoille
- When
- March 25, 5:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM 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 25, 5:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM 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 25, 5:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 44.273, -72.615 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- High Wind in Ohio, March 25, 1997
- Flooding in Minnesota, March 25 to 31, 1997
- High Wind in Montana, March 25, 1997
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 25, 1997
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 25, 1997
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 25, 1997
- Hail in Texas, March 25, 1997
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 25, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, March 25, 1997
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 25, 1997
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 25, 1997
- Hail in Texas, March 25, 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: 5602913, 5602914, 5602915, 5602916, 5602917.