A vigorous clipper with decent snowfall followed by an deep arctic air mass moved across Vermont during the early morning hours of January 30th and ended by early afternoon. Snowfall amounts across Vermont were generally 2 to 6 inches with some isolated higher amounts in northern Vermont.
Every event with a place to put it; 15 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS BTV wrote it up.
A vigorous clipper with decent snowfall followed by an deep arctic air mass moved across Vermont during the early morning hours of January 30th and ended by early afternoon. Snowfall amounts across Vermont were generally 2 to 6 inches with some isolated higher amounts in northern Vermont.
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 29, 9:39 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 310 PM EST THU JAN 29 2015 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-302015- NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON- SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE- 310 PM EST THU JAN 29 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. EXTREMELY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ON SATURDAY WITH AIR TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW ZERO AND NORTHWEST WINDS RANGING FROM 10 TO 20 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VTZ001>012-016>019-302015- GRAND ISLE-WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN- LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND- WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON- EASTERN RUTLAND- 310 PM EST THU JAN 29 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. EXTREMELY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY WITH AIR TEMPERATURES FALLING TO AROUND ZERO AND NORTHWEST WINDS RANGING FROM 10 TO 20 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
16 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall reports for Grand Isle county were generally 2 to 4 inches.
Snowfall reports for Franklin county were generally 3 to 5 inches.
Snowfall reports for Chittenden county were generally 3 to 6 inches.
Snowfall reports for Addison county were generally 2 to 4 inches.
Snowfall reports for Addison county were generally 2 to 4 inches.
Snowfall reports for Rutland county were generally 2 to 4 inches.
Snowfall reports for Rutland county were generally 2 to 4 inches.
Snowfall reports for Chittenden county were generally 3 to 6 inches.
Snowfall reports for Franklin county were generally 3 to 5 inches.
Snowfall reports for Lamoille county were generally 2 to 3 inches.
Snowfall reports for Washington county were generally 2 to 3 inches.
Snowfall reports for Orleans county were generally 2 to 4 inches.
Snowfall reports for Caledonia county were generally 2 to 4 inches.
Snowfall reports for Essex county were generally 2 to 4 inches.
Snowfall reports for Orange county were generally 1 to 3 inches.
Snowfall reports for Windsor county were generally 1 to 2 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Vermont in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, January 2015
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: 550910, 550911, 550912, 550916, 550917, 550918, 550919, 550913, 550914, 550920, 550921, 550922, 550923, 550924, 550926, 550927.