Heat, Windham
- When
- December 2, 6:00 PM EST to December 7, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Windham forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.991, -72.714 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Vermont, December 2 to 7, 1998
The beginning of December was a period of record warmth across Southern Vermont. An area of high pressure off the Mid-Atlantic coast, produced a persistent south to southwesterly flow.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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 ALY wrote it up.
The beginning of December was a period of record warmth across Southern Vermont. An area of high pressure off the Mid-Atlantic coast, produced a persistent south to southwesterly flow. From December 2 through December 7, temperatures averaged 10 to 15 degrees above normal.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Bennington
- When
- December 2, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bennington forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.036, -73.093 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in New York, December 2 to 7, 1998
- High Wind in Montana, December 2, 1998
- Flooding in Oregon, December 2 to 3, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 2 to 3, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 2, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 2, 1998
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 2 to 3, 1998
- Flooding in California, December 2 to 3, 1998
- Storm Surge in Alaska, December 2 to 3, 1998
- Flood in Washington, December 2 to 3, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 2, 1998
- Heat in Massachusetts, December 2 to 7, 1998
More
Every storm in Vermont in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, December 1998
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: 5676724, 5676725.