Winter Weather in Vermont, February 24, 2006

Name: Winter Weather in Vermont, February 24, 2006
Start: 2006-02-24T04:00
End: 2006-02-24T14:00
Location: Vermont

February 24, 2006 · NWS BTV · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

An upper level disturbance and cold front raced east across Vermont just after midnight on the 24th delivering light widespread snow accumulations. especially across the western slopes of the northern Green Mountains of Vermont that continued into the early evening.

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.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $35,000
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 upper level disturbance and cold front raced east across Vermont just after midnight on the 24th delivering light widespread snow accumulations. Meanwhile, just before daybreak on the 24th, a climatologically favored upslope event developed...especially across the western slopes of the northern Green Mountains of Vermont that continued into the early evening. Numerous accidents were reported Friday morning (24th) due to snow squalls across northern Vermont, including the forced closure of Interstate 89 between Exits 11 and 12 northbound for a few hours. Generalized snowfall of 1 to 3 inches occurred in the northern Champlain Valley, including 2 inches in South Burlington and 3 inches in Williston.

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 24, 3:53 AM EST, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 3:53 AM EST, 7 minutes before

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Western Chittenden

When: February 24, 4:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where: Western Chittenden forecast zone
Property damage: $25,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.461, -73.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Western Franklin

When: February 24, 4:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where: Western Franklin forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.858, -72.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

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

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Vermont in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Vermont, February 2006

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: 5489986, 5489987.