Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Bennington
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bennington forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 43.036, -73.093 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold and Cold in Vermont, January 1 to 2, 2018
A frigid airmass combined with northwesterly winds up to 15 miles per hour resulted in dangerously cold wind chills on the first and second days of 2018. Wind chills fell as low as 15 to 35 below zero in many locations across the region on New Year's morning.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 frigid airmass combined with northwesterly winds up to 15 miles per hour resulted in dangerously cold wind chills on the first and second days of 2018. Wind chills fell as low as 15 to 35 below zero in many locations across the region on New Year's 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, 9:37 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 31, 9:37 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 31, 4:55 PM EST, 7 hours 5 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albany NY 455 PM EST Sun Dec 31 2017 CTZ001-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>040-042-043-047-048-051-054-058-061- 063-082-083-VTZ013-014-011200- Northern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire-Southern Berkshire- Northern Herkimer-Hamilton-Southern Herkimer-Southern Fulton- Montgomery-Northern Warren-Northern Washington-Schoharie- Western Schenectady-Western Albany-Eastern Rensselaer-Western Greene- Eastern Columbia-Western Ulster-Northern Fulton-Southeast Warren- Bennington-Western Windham- 455 PM EST Sun Dec 31 2017 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Litchfield County in northwestern Connecticut, western Massachusetts, the southern Adirondacks, Mohawk Valley, Schoharie Valley, Helderbergs, eastern Catskills, northern and central Taconics, southeast Warren, and northern Washington Counties of east central New York, and Bennington and western Windham Counties of southern Vermont. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Chill Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Chill Warning until 1 PM EST Monday. Additional wind chill headlines may be needed Monday night into Tuesday. Wind Chill Warnings or Advisories may be needed Thursday night into Saturday, as another frigid air mass impacts the region. In addition, freeze up jams will be possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. CTZ013-NYZ041-049-050-052-053-059-060-064>066-084-VTZ015-011200- Southern Litchfield-Northern Saratoga-Eastern Schenectady- Southern Saratoga-Eastern Albany-Western Rensselaer-Eastern Greene- Western Columbia-Eastern Ulster-Western Dutchess-Eastern Dutchess- Southern Washington-Eastern Windham- 455 PM EST Sun Dec 31 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southern Litchfield County in northwestern Connecticut, the Saratoga Region, Greater Capital Region, mid Hudson Valley, southern Taconics, and southern Washington County in east central New York and eastern Windham County in southern Vermont. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Chill Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Chill Advisory until 1 PM EST Monday. Additional wind chill headlines may be needed Monday night into Tuesday. Wind Chill Warnings or Advisories may be needed Thursday night into Saturday, as another frigid air mass impacts the region. In addition, freeze up jams will be possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 extreme cold/wind chill, 1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Western Windham
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Windham forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 42.991, -72.714 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Eastern Windham
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM EST to January 2, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Windham forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 42.991, -72.714 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
- Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Michigan, January 1 to 7, 2018
- Cold in Wisconsin, January 1 to 6, 2018
- Cold and Sleet in Texas, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold in Wisconsin, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold in Missouri, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold in Tennessee, January 1 to 4, 2018
- Cold in Missouri, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold in Iowa, January 1 to 2, 2018
- Drought in Oklahoma, January 1 to 31, 2018
- Drought in New Mexico, January 1 to 31, 2018
- Extreme Cold in Illinois, January 1 to 2, 2018
More
Every storm in Vermont in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, January 2018
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: 736056, 736057, 736058.