Name: Winter Weather in Vermont, January 7 to 8, 2009
Start: 2009-01-07T01:00
End: 2009-01-08T04:30
Location: Vermont

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.

A low pressure system tracked from the lower Ohio Valley on Tuesday January 6th, into the eastern Great Lakes during Wednesday January 7th, and into northern New England by Thursday morning January 8th. A second low pressure system developed near Long Island during Wednesday, and tracked northeast along the northern New England coast by Thursday morning.

This combination of low pressure systems spread a swath of moderate to heavy precipitation across southern Vermont, beginning late Tuesday evening, and ending early Thursday morning.

The precipitation fell as a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain across the region, before gradually changing to plain rain from south to north during Wednesday as milder air approached from the south. As colder air wrapped back into the region, the precipitation changed to snow before ending later Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.

Snow and sleet amounts ranged from 4 to 8 inches, with the greatest amounts occurring across the higher elevations of eastern Bennington County, where isolated amounts of up to 10 inches were reported.

In addition, ice accretion from freezing rain generally remained under one tenth of an inch.

This wintry mix led to widespread hazardous travel conditions during Wednesday morning. In addition, numerous closures, or delayed openings of schools and businesses occurred Wednesday morning.

The radar

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Event by event

3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Bennington

When: January 7, 1:00 AM EST to January 8, 4:30 AM EST
Where: Bennington forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.036, -73.093 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Western Windham

When: January 7, 1:00 AM EST to January 8, 4:30 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)

Winter Weather, Eastern Windham

When: January 7, 1:00 AM EST to January 8, 4:30 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)

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.

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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: 151218, 151219, 151220.