Vermont, 2001

Winter Weather in Vermont, December 17 to 18, 2001

December 17 to 18, 2001 · NWS BTV · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

An area of low pressure over the Ohio Valley Monday, December 17th moved to the New Jersey coast the night of the 17th and then to off the southern New England coast Tuesday morning, December 18th. Light snow spread north across the area during the morning.

Where it happened

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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 BTV wrote it up.

An area of low pressure over the Ohio Valley Monday, December 17th moved to the New Jersey coast the night of the 17th and then to off the southern New England coast Tuesday morning, December 18th. Light snow spread north across the area during the morning. The snow changed to freezing rain during the evening hours then back to all snow. Accumulations were generally 2 to 5 inches. A few reports included: In Rutland county, The City of Rutland reported 5 inches while East Wallingford only 1 inch. In Windsor county, Bethel received 5.5 inches while Ludlow received 1.9 inches.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 17, 2:00 AM EST, 7 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 2:00 AM EST, 7 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
200 AM EST MON DEC 17 2001

LOW PROGGED TO TRACK FURTHER S THAN LAST NGT SO LTL IF ANY ABV FRZG
AIR ALOFT WL MAKE IT OVR FA. PTYPE WL BE ALL SNW XCPT RUT/WNDSR
CNTIES WHERE THERE CUD BE SOME IP MIXING IN THIS AFTN AND EVE AS
THEYLL BE UNDER OR VRY NR THE 0C ISOTHERM. RUT/WNDSR WL ALSO SEE
THE HIGHEST QPF...SOMEWHERE ARND HALF INCH. WL ISSUE WNTR WX ADVSRY
FOR THOSE TWO ZNS FOR 2-6 INCHES OF SNW/IP.

ELSEWHERE ALL SNW WITH MAINLY 2-4 INCHES THRU TNT. CUD BE SOME
ADDITIONAL SNW ACCUM TMRW...ESP IN FVRD UPSLOPE AREAS. WL INCLD CHC/SCT
SNW SHWRS FOR ALL ZNS TMRW.

PCPN SEEMS TO BE ABT 2 HRS FASTER THAN BUFR SNDGS INDCT SO WL ADJ
TIMING OF PCPN TO ACCNT FOR THIS.

UNSETTLED WX WL CONT THIS WEEK. WED LOOKS TO BE MAINLY QUIET BUT A
CLIPPER WL BRING A CHC OF SOME LGT SNW WED NGT/THURS.

.BTV...WNTR WX ADVSRY VT 11-012.

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The radar

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Event by event

2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Rutland

When
December 17, 9:00 AM EST to December 18, 6:00 AM EST
Where
Rutland forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
43.580, -73.037 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Windsor

When
December 17, 9:00 AM EST to December 18, 6:00 AM EST
Where
Windsor forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

What these are

Winter Weather
Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5276305, 5276306.