A warm front moved across Vermont during the morning hours of November 29th bringing light amounts of precipitation. Precipitation in the form of freezing rain moved into central and eastern VT around daybreak and lasted for several hours with less than one tenth ice accretion.
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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 warm front moved across Vermont during the morning hours of November 29th bringing light amounts of precipitation. Precipitation in the form of freezing rain moved into central and eastern VT around daybreak and lasted for several hours with less than one tenth ice accretion. There were dozens of vehicle accidents and thousands of commuters stranded/impacted as state roads and Interstates 89/91 were closed or impassable in spots. One vehicle accident in Bridgewater along Route 4 resulted in a fatality.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous vehicle accidents due to icy roads. Ice accumulation less than one tenth of an inch.
Numerous vehicle accidents due to icy roads. Ice accumulation less than one tenth of an inch.
Numerous vehicle accidents due to icy roads. Ice accumulation less than one tenth of an inch.
Numerous vehicle accidents due to icy roads. Ice accumulation less than one tenth of an inch.
Numerous vehicle accidents due to icy roads. Ice accumulation less than one tenth of an inch.
Numerous vehicle accidents due to icy roads. Ice accumulation less than one tenth of an inch.
Numerous vehicle accidents due to icy roads. Ice accumulation less than one tenth of an inch.
Numerous vehicle accidents due to icy roads. Ice accumulation less than one tenth of an inch. A accident between a vehicle and a tractor-trailer resulted in a fatality of the driver of the vehicle.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Weather, Windsor | 2016-11-29 | 62 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Vermont in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, November 2016
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: 663842, 663845, 663841, 663843, 663847, 663848, 663850, 663851.