Heavy Snow, Addison
- When
- February 27, 12:00 PM EST to February 28, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Addison forecast zone
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.031, -73.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Vermont, February 27 to 28, 2002
A cold front moved across the area accompanied by and followed by snow squalls. In addition, an ocean storm spread moisture into the region.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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
- $8,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 cold front moved across the area accompanied by and followed by snow squalls. In addition, an ocean storm spread moisture into the region. Generally between 3 and 6 inches of snow fell in the hilly terrain, with a few locally higher amounts. This included the western slopes of the Green Mountains in the Eastern portions of both Addison and Chittenden counties and northwest Windsor county. A few reports were: Canaan with 7 inches, South Lincoln reported 6.2 inches, Eden with 6 inches, East Albany with 5.5 inches and Hanksville with 5.2 inches. A few of the mountain peaks received higher amounts.
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 Feb 27, 11:17 AM EST, 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 11:17 AM EST, 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1117 AM EST WED FEB 27 2002 WILL UPDATE THE ZONE FORECASTS TO CLEAN UP THE WORDING BY REMOVING REFERENCES TO MORNING. COMPOSITE RADAR LOOP SHOWING BAND OF LT SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN VT MOVG TOWARDS NE VT. WILL KEEP MENTION OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THESE AREAS. RADAR LOOP SHOWING SOME SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE ST LAWRENCE VLY AND THE ADIRONDACKS. WILL KEEP A MENTION OF LIKELY SNOW IN THE CHAMPLAIN VLY WITH SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON... BUT CURRENT RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST ANY MEASURABLE SNOW WILL BE MAINLY EAST OF THE CHAMPLAIN VLY TODAY. WILL WAIT TIL AFTERNOON PACKAGE AND LOOK AT ALL 12Z GUIDANCE BEFORE MAKING ANY CHANGES TO SNOW AMOUNTS FOR TONIGHT. OTRW...NO CHANGES TO THE REMAINDER OF THE FCST. .BTV...NONE. WGH
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Caledonia
- When
- February 27, 12:00 PM EST to February 28, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Caledonia forecast zone
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.465, -72.102 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Chittenden
- When
- February 27, 12:00 PM EST to February 28, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Chittenden forecast zone
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.461, -73.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Essex
- When
- February 27, 12:00 PM EST to February 28, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Essex forecast zone
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.728, -71.736 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Lamoille
- When
- February 27, 12:00 PM EST to February 28, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Lamoille forecast zone
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.606, -72.641 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Orleans
- When
- February 27, 12:00 PM EST to February 28, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Orleans forecast zone
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.829, -72.244 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Washington
- When
- February 27, 12:00 PM EST to February 28, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.273, -72.615 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Windsor
- When
- February 27, 12:00 PM EST to February 28, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Windsor forecast zone
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, February 27 to 28, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, February 27 to 28, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, February 27, 2002
- Winter Storm in Maine, February 27 to 28, 2002
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, February 27 to 28, 2002
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, February 27 to 28, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Maine, February 27 to 28, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 27 to 28, 2002
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Georgia, February 27, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 27 to 28, 2002
More
Every storm in Vermont in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, February 2002
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: 5281233, 5281234, 5281235, 5281236, 5281237, 5281238, 5281239, 5281240.