Extreme Cold in Vermont, January 25 to 26, 2007

Name: Extreme Cold in Vermont, January 25 to 26, 2007
Start: 2007-01-25T05:00
End: 2007-01-26T10:00
Location: Vermont

January 25 to 26, 2007 · NWS BTV · 16 events in 16 counties and zones

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 16

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 arctic cold front moved across Vermont on the 24th and delivered very cold temperatures of zero to 25 degrees below zero by the morning of the 25th. However, on the night of the 25th into the morning of the 26th, a secondary cold front combined with a strengthening area of low pressure near New Brunswick, accounted for the combination of brisk northwest winds of 10 to 15 mph and temperatures 5 to 20 degrees below zero for wind chill readings of 25 to 40 degrees below zero. |Some morning lows on the 25th included: -29 degrees in Island Pond (Essex), -21 degrees in Sutton (Caledonia) and Morrisville (Lamoille), -19 degrees in East Haven (Essex), Canaan (Essex) and Enosburg Falls (Franklin), -15 degrees in Greensboro (Orleans), -14 degrees in Montpelier (Washington), East Albany and Newport (Orleans), -10 degrees in Bethel (Windsor), Westford (Chittenden) and Alburgh (Grand Isle).| |Some morning lows on the 26th included: -20 degrees in Island Pond, East Haven, Canaan (Essex) and Sutton (Caledonia), -16 degrees in East Albany (Orleans), -15 degrees in Montpelier (Washington), -14 degrees in St. Johnsbury (Caledonia) and Eden (Lamoille) with -11 degrees in South Lincoln (Addison), Woodstock (Windsor), Rutland (Rutland) and the NWS office in South Burlington (Chittenden). Northwest winds of 10 to 15 mph created wind chill values of 25 to 40 degrees below zero.|The cold wave diminished slightly on the 27th-29th, due to a slight airmass modification and clouds across the region, but it still remained some 10 to 20 degrees below normal. However, another arctic front pushed across the area on the 29th with a replenishment of arctic air that brought early morning low temperatures on the 30th of 10 to 30 degrees below zero. Some morning low temperatures on the 30th included; -32 degrees at Island Pond (Essex), -27 degrees in Sutton (Caledonia), -25 degrees in East Haven (Essex), -24 degrees in Enosburg Falls (Franklin), -22 degrees in Morrisville (Lamoille) and -18 degrees in Hanksville (Chittenden) and Newport (Orleans).

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 25, 3:45 AM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 3:45 AM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Event by event

16 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Caledonia

When: January 25, 5:00 AM EST to January 26, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Caledonia forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 44.465, -72.102 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Eastern Addison

When: January 25, 5:00 AM EST to January 26, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Eastern Addison forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 44.031, -73.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Eastern Chittenden

When: January 25, 5:00 AM EST to January 26, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Eastern Chittenden forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 44.461, -73.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Eastern Franklin

When: January 25, 5:00 AM EST to January 26, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Eastern Franklin forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 44.858, -72.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Eastern Rutland

When: January 25, 5:00 AM EST to January 26, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Eastern Rutland forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 43.580, -73.037 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Essex

When: January 25, 5:00 AM EST to January 26, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Essex forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 44.728, -71.736 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Grand Isle

When: January 25, 5:00 AM EST to January 26, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Grand Isle forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 44.797, -73.295 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Lamoille

When: January 25, 5:00 AM EST to January 26, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Lamoille forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 44.606, -72.641 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Orange

When: January 25, 5:00 AM EST to January 26, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Orange forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 44.006, -72.377 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Orleans

When: January 25, 5:00 AM EST to January 26, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Orleans forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 44.829, -72.244 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Washington

When: January 25, 5:00 AM EST to January 26, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Washington forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 44.273, -72.615 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Western Addison

When: January 25, 5:00 AM EST to January 26, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Western Addison forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 44.031, -73.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Western Chittenden

When: January 25, 5:00 AM EST to January 26, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Western Chittenden forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 44.461, -73.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Western Franklin

When: January 25, 5:00 AM EST to January 26, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Western Franklin forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 44.858, -72.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Western Rutland

When: January 25, 5:00 AM EST to January 26, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Western Rutland forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 43.580, -73.037 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Windsor

When: January 25, 5:00 AM EST to January 26, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Windsor forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer

What these are

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill: Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Vermont in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in Vermont, January 2007

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: 12738, 12739, 12740, 12741, 12742, 12743, 12744, 12745, 12746, 12747, 12748, 12749, 12750, 12751, 12752, 12753.