High Wind, Orleans
- When
- December 18, 2:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Orleans forecast zone
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.829, -72.244 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Vermont, December 18, 2000
A storm system tracked through the eastern Great Lakes region and into Canada on Monday, December 18, 2000. Gusty winds accompanied this system.
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
- $20,000
- 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 storm system tracked through the eastern Great Lakes region and into Canada on Monday, December 18, 2000. Gusty winds accompanied this system. Trees and power lines were blown down in portions of Orleans county. Specifically, trees were blown down in Irasburg, Troy, North Troy and Newport Center.
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
- Blizzard in Iowa, December 18, 2000
- High Wind in California, December 18, 2000
- High Wind in Kansas, December 18, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, December 18 to 19, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Nebraska, December 18 to 19, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 18 to 19, 2000
- High Wind in Colorado, December 18, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, December 18 to 19, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, December 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, December 18, 2000
More
Every storm in Vermont in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, December 2000
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: 5178312.