Excessive Heat, Bennington
- When
- March 8, 3:00 PM EST to March 9, 6:00 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)
Excessive Heat in Vermont, March 8 to 9, 2000
The season's first Bermuda type high pumped unseasonably warm air across extreme southern Vermont on March 8 and March 9. Temperatures climbed through the 60s to near 70 on both afternoons.
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.
The season's first Bermuda type high pumped unseasonably warm air across extreme southern Vermont on March 8 and March 9. Temperatures climbed through the 60s to near 70 on both afternoons. At the Albany International Airport, the high of 66 degrees on March 8 established a new record high, eclipsing the old record of 64 set in 1942. On March 9, the temperature reached 68 degrees, replacing the old daily record high of 66 set in 1977.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Excessive Heat, Windham
- When
- March 8, 3:00 PM EST to March 9, 6:00 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
- Excessive Heat
- Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flooding in California, March 8, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, March 8, 2000
- Wildfire in Missouri, March 8 to 10, 2000
- High Wind in Iowa, March 8 to 9, 2000
- High Wind in Missouri, March 8, 2000
- Lightning Strikes in Michigan, March 8 to 9, 2000
- High Wind in Kansas, March 8, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, March 8, 2000
- Excessive Heat in West Virginia, March 8, 2000
- High Wind in Kansas, March 8, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 8, 2000
- Hail in Michigan, March 8, 2000
More
Every storm in Vermont in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, March 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: 5138254, 5138255.