Heat, Chittenden
- When
- December 7, 12:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Chittenden forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.461, -73.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Vermont, December 7, 1998
During the early morning hours, the temperature at the Burlington International Airport (BTV) reached 67 degrees setting a new record high temperature. The previous record being 61 degrees, set in 1932.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 1
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.
During the early morning hours, the temperature at the Burlington International Airport (BTV) reached 67 degrees setting a new record high temperature. The previous record being 61 degrees, set in 1932. In addition, this also tied the all time record high temperature for the month of December, previously set on December 5th, 1941.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Lightning Strike and Dense Fog in Arizona, December 7 to 15, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 7, 1998
- Heat in Maine, December 7, 1998
- Heat in New Hampshire, December 7, 1998
- Heat in Massachusetts, December 7, 1998
- Flooding in Kansas, December 7 to 9, 1998
- High Wind in Wyoming, December 7, 1998
- Blizzard in Montana, December 7 to 8, 1998
- Heat in Vermont, December 7, 1998
- Heat in Vermont, December 7, 1998
- Heat in New York, December 7, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, December 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: 5675360.