Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Bennington
- When
- January 17, 3:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bennington forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.036, -73.093 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold in Vermont, January 17, 2000
A very large arctic high built southward from eastern Canada early on January 17. At the same, deep low pressure settled in over the Canadian Maritimes.
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.
A very large arctic high built southward from eastern Canada early on January 17. At the same, deep low pressure settled in over the Canadian Maritimes. A strong pressure gradient developed between these two features, resulting in a northwest wind averaging between 15 and 30 miles an hour across southern Vermont. Temperatures plummeted to between zero and 10 below, early on that Monday. The combination of the very low temperatures and the strong wind, produced dangerously low wind chill values in the 50 to 60 below zero range. The dangerous wind chills persisted well into the midday hours despite bright sunshine.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Windham
- When
- January 17, 3:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Windham forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.991, -72.714 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
- Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Extreme Cold in New York, January 17 to 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in Kentucky, January 17 to 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in Iowa, January 17, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Maine, January 17 to 18, 2000
- Wildfire in Florida, January 17, 2000
- Extreme Cold in New York, January 17, 2000
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 17, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Connecticut, January 17 to 18, 2000
- Extreme Cold in New Jersey, January 17 to 18, 2000
- Winter Weather in Indiana, January 17, 2000
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 17 to 18, 2000
- Winter Weather in Illinois, January 17, 2000
More
Every storm in Vermont in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5127107, 5127108.