Vermont, 2006Strong Wind in Vermont, January 18, 2006
January 18, 2006 · NWS BTV · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
A powerful storm tracked northeast across the northern Great Lakes on the 17th and across Ontario and Quebec provinces on the 18th. Ahead of this storm, during the morning of the 18th, brisk south to southeast winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts exceeding 40 mph were common across much of the region.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $13,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
A powerful storm tracked northeast across the northern Great Lakes on the 17th and across Ontario and Quebec provinces on the 18th. Ahead of this storm, during the morning of the 18th, brisk south to southeast winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts exceeding 40 mph were common across much of the region. Some measured wind gusts included Colchester Reef at 46 mph and Burlington at 40 mph.
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 Jan 18, 5:10 AM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 5:10 AM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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</html>Strong Wind, Western Chittenden
- When
- January 18, 7:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Chittenden forecast zone
- Measured
- 30 kt (35 mph) estimated sustained
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 44.461, -73.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Western Rutland
- When
- January 18, 7:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Rutland forecast zone
- Measured
- 30 kt (35 mph) estimated sustained
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.580, -73.037 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Western Addison
- When
- January 18, 7:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Addison forecast zone
- Measured
- 30 kt (35 mph) estimated sustained
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.031, -73.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, January 18, 20061 death · $1.6 million · 85 kt wind · 41 events
- High Wind and Strong Wind in New Jersey, January 18, 2006$5.5 million · 60 kt wind · 35 events
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, January 18, 20061 injured · $240,000 · 56 kt wind · 13 events
- High Wind in Connecticut, January 18, 2006$250,000 · 58 kt wind · 6 events
- High Wind in Maine, January 18, 2006$70,000 · 50 kt wind · 14 events
- High Wind in Rhode Island, January 18, 2006$110,000 · 58 kt wind · 4 events
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Delaware, January 18, 2006$95,000 · 50 kt wind · 6 events
- Wildfire in Oklahoma, January 18 to 19, 2006$100,000 · 1 event
- Flooding in Vermont, January 18, 2006$55,000 · 2 events
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, January 18, 2006$50,000 · 1 event
- Strong Wind in Maryland, January 18, 2006$45,000 · 2 events
- High Wind in New Hampshire, January 18, 2006$35,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 events
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5491616, 5491705, 5491706.