Drought, Bennington
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 30, 11:59 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)
Drought in Vermont, April 1 to 30, 1999
Rainfall fell well short of normal across southern Vermont during the month of April. 93 inches below normal.
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.
Rainfall fell well short of normal across southern Vermont during the month of April. Ball Mountain Lakereported only 0.97 inches of rainfall for the entire month, which was 2.93 inches below normal. Pownal had 1.15 and Sunderland only 0.88 inches. The combination of low rainfall, along with frequent gusty winds, turned the underbrush into tinder. This scenario led to some brush fires during the month across both Bennington and Windham counties.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Windham
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 30, 11:59 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)
What these are
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in California, April 1 to 2, 1999
- Winter Storm in Utah, April 1 to 2, 1999
- Rip Current in Florida, April 1, 1999
- Cold in Utah, April 1 to 3, 1999
- Blizzard in North Dakota, April 1, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 1, 1999
- Drought in New York, April 1 to 30, 1999
- Drought in Maine, April 1 to 30, 1999
- Drought in Texas, April 1 to 29, 1999
- High Wind in New Mexico, April 1, 1999
- Winter Storm in Colorado, April 1 to 2, 1999
- Flooding in California, April 1, 1999
More
Every storm in Vermont in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, April 1999
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: 5692453, 5692454.