Winter Weather in Vermont, January 27, 2015

A significant and powerful coastal storm impacted the Northeast states on Monday, January 26th through Tuesday, January 27th. Despite the impressive strength of this storm, it remained just far enough away from the region to avoid having a major impact on southern Vermont. While parts of Long Island, New York and eastern New England saw a major blizzard, much of southern Vermont only saw a moderate snowfall.

Although snowfall was expected on begin on Monday, January 26th, it remained just south and east of the region during the day. Some light snowfall finally began to move into the region during the early morning hours on Tuesday, January 27th. Although just a light accumulation of a coating to an inch or so occurred by daybreak, many schools and businesses were closed due to the forecast.

During the daytime on Tuesday, January 27th, a light to moderate snowfall built into the region from the east. Snowfall was even briefly heavy at times. Gusty winds occurred across the higher elevations as well, causing some blowing of snowfall. Snowfall began to wind down during the afternoon and tapered off by the evening hours.

Snowfall amounts were very variable across southern Vermont. Around 3 to 7 inches fell across Bennington and Windham Counties, with the highest amounts across the higher terrain of the southern Green Mountains.