Vermont, 2008

Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Vermont, January 1 to 2, 2008

January 1 to 2, 2008 · NWS ALY · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Low pressure located over the eastern Great Lakes on Tuesday morning, January 1st, tracked east across central New York Tuesday afternoon, and off the New England coast by Wednesday morning on January 2nd. As this low pressure tracked east, a swath of moderate to locally heavy snow fell across much of eastern New York and western New England.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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.

What happened

The episode as NWS ALY wrote it up.

Low pressure located over the eastern Great Lakes on Tuesday morning, January 1st, tracked east across central New York Tuesday afternoon, and off the New England coast by Wednesday morning on January 2nd.

As this low pressure tracked east, a swath of moderate to locally heavy snow fell across much of eastern New York and western New England.

Snow began early Tuesday morning, and continued through Wednesday morning.

This storm system produced 5 to 10 inches of snow accumulation across southern Vermont, with the greatest amounts across higher elevations of the Bennington and western Windham counties.

This moderate to locally heavy snowfall created hazardous travel conditions for the Wednesday morning commute, and also led to the closings, or delayed openings of numerous schools and businesses Wednesday morning.

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 Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 31, 6:45 PM EST, 15 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 31, 6:45 PM EST, 15 hours 15 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

2 heavy snow, 1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Bennington

When
January 1, 10:00 AM EST to January 2, 2:00 AM EST
Where
Bennington forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
43.036, -73.093 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Snow developed Tuesday morning, and persisted into the early morning hours of Wednesday.

Snowfall accumulations of 6 to 12 inches led to treacherous travel conditions Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning, and also led to the closings, or delayed openings of numerous schools and businesses Wednesday morning.

Heavy Snow, Western Windham

When
January 1, 10:00 AM EST to January 2, 2:00 AM EST
Where
Western Windham forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
42.991, -72.714 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Snow developed Tuesday morning, and persisted into the early morning hours of Wednesday.

Snowfall accumulations of 6 to 12 inches led to treacherous travel conditions Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning, and also led to the closings, or delayed openings of numerous schools and businesses Wednesday morning.

Winter Weather, Eastern Windham

When
January 1, 10:00 AM EST to January 2, 2:00 AM EST
Where
Eastern Windham forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
42.991, -72.714 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Snow developed Tuesday morning, and persisted into the early morning hours of Wednesday morning.

Several inches of snow accumulation led to hazardous travel conditions Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning.

What these are

Heavy Snow
Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
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

More

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 73167, 73168, 73169.