A large, complex winter storm moved across the Great Lakes on December 29th and eventually stalled on December 30th and 31st. Meanwhile, secondary low pressure developed near Pennsylvania on December 30th and moved across southern New England on the 31st.
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 large, complex winter storm moved across the Great Lakes on December 29th and eventually stalled on December 30th and 31st. Meanwhile, secondary low pressure developed near Pennsylvania on December 30th and moved across southern New England on the 31st.
A wintry mix of freezing rain, sleet and some snow moved into Vermont by the evening of December 29th and continued steadily until midday on December 30th before tapering to showers of mixed precipitation and snow on the afternoon of the 30th.
Predominantly freezing rain and sleet fell across southern VT with sleet, freezing rain and some snow in central VT with snow and sleet in northern VT. Freezing rain accumulated 1/3 inch or less across Vermont's southern four counties with a sloppy 1-3 inches of snow,sleet and freezing rain in the Champlain Valley and 3 to 7 inches across north-central and northeast Vermont.
Main impacts were hazardous road conditions Sunday night (29th) and Monday morning (30th). Strong wind gusts in excess of 40 mph occurred at times along the immediate western slope communities. Approximately 5000 customer without power for the event, a combination of ice and wind effects.
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 Dec 29, 6:46 PM EST, 14 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Burlington VT 238 PM EST Sun Dec 29 2019 NYZ029-030-034-VTZ011-012-019-301945- Southeastern St. Lawrence-Southern Franklin-Western Essex- Western Rutland-Windsor-Eastern Rutland- 238 PM EST Sun Dec 29 2019 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern New York 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 Storm 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. Winter Storm Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NYZ028-031-035-VTZ001>010-016>018-301945- Eastern Clinton-Western Clinton-Eastern Essex-Grand Isle- Western Franklin-Orleans-Essex-Western Chittenden-Lamoille-Caledonia- Washington-Western Addison-Orange-Eastern Franklin- Eastern Chittenden-Eastern Addison- 238 PM EST Sun Dec 29 2019 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern New York, central Vermont, northeast Vermont and northwest 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...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NYZ026-027-087-301945- Northern St. Lawrence-Northern Franklin-Southwestern St. Lawrence- 238 PM EST Sun Dec 29 2019 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... 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...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. .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.
A wintry mix of sleet, snow and freezing rain fell across the region with minimal (<0.1 inch) ice accretion and combined snow and sleet accumulations of 1 to 3 inches.
A wintry mix of sleet, snow and freezing rain fell across the region with minimal (<0.1 inch) ice accretion and combined snow and sleet accumulations of 1 to 3 inches.
A wintry mix of sleet, snow and freezing rain fell across the region with minimal (<0.1 inch) ice accretion and combined snow and sleet accumulations of 1 to 3 inches.
A wintry mix of sleet, snow and freezing rain fell across the region with 1/4 inch or less of ice accretion with combined snow and sleet accumulations of 1 to 3 inches.
A wintry mix of sleet, snow and freezing rain fell across the region with minimal (<0.1 inch) ice accretion and combined snow and sleet accumulations of 1 to 3 inches.
A wintry mix of sleet, snow and freezing rain fell across the region with minimal (<0.1 inch) ice accretion and combined snow and sleet accumulations of 1 to 3 inches.
A wintry mix of sleet, snow and freezing rain fell across the region with minimal (<0.1 inch) ice accretion and combined snow and sleet accumulations of 1 to 3 inches.
A wintry mix of sleet, snow and freezing rain fell across the region with minimal (<0.1 inch) ice accretion and combined snow and sleet accumulations of 1 to 3 inches.
A wintry mix of sleet, snow and freezing rain fell across the region with 1/4 inch or less of ice accretion with combined snow and sleet accumulations of 1 to 3 inches.
A wintry mix of sleet, snow fell across the region with a combined snow and sleet accumulation of 3 to 5 inches.
A wintry mix of sleet, snow fell across the region with a combined snow and sleet accumulation of 3 to 5 inches.
A wintry mix of sleet and snow fell across the region, accumulating 3 to 6 inches.
A wintry mix of sleet and snow fell across the region, accumulating 4 to 7 inches.
A wintry mix of sleet and snow fell across the region, accumulating 3 to 7 inches.
A wintry mix of sleet, snow fell across the region with a combined snow and sleet accumulation of 3 to 5 inches.
A wintry mix of sleet, freezing rain and snow fell across the region with a combined snow and sleet accumulation of 3 to 5 inches and ice accumulations around 0.1 inch and less.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Vermont in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, December 2019
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: 864057, 864058, 864059, 864060, 864062, 864063, 864064, 864066, 864067, 864069, 864070, 864052, 864054, 864056, 864071, 864072.