High Wind, Lamoille
- When
- January 3, 7:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lamoille forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.606, -72.641 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Vermont, January 3, 1999
A complex storm system moved through the Great Lakes region during Sunday, January 3rd, and then into Canada Monday, January 4th as a weak secondary low pressure system moved north along the New England coast Sunday night and early Monday. Wind gusts exceeded 60 mph (52 knots) in portions of western Lamoille county.
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
- $5,000
- 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.
A complex storm system moved through the Great Lakes region during Sunday, January 3rd, and then into Canada Monday, January 4th as a weak secondary low pressure system moved north along the New England coast Sunday night and early Monday. Strong southerly winds preceded this storm.Wind gusts exceeded 60 mph (52 knots) in portions of western Lamoille county. In Lamoille county, the wind gusted to 75 mph (65 knots) in Pleasant Valley.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire and Rip Current in California, January 3, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in New York, January 3, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Florida, January 3, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, January 3, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, January 3, 1999
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 3, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in New Jersey, January 3, 1999
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maine, January 3, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, January 3, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, January 3, 1999
- High Wind and Winter Weather in Massachusetts, January 3, 1999
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Michigan, January 3, 1999
More
Every storm in Vermont in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, January 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: 5689251.