Excessive Heat in Vermont
Every excessive heat event the National Weather Service has filed in Vermont, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.
The most significant on the map
The most significant excessive heat episodes in Vermont.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 5
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- None recorded
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Vermont, June 23 to 25, 2025A dome of high pressure brought a period of very hot and humid conditions across southern Vermont from June 23-25, 2025. Peak heat index values (or feels-like temperatures) were between 95 and 104 degrees Fahrenheit in many locations.
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Vermont, July 1 to 5, 2018A hot and humid airmass brought excessively high heat indices to southern Vermont during the beginning of July through the Independence Day holiday. Temperatures soared as high as the mid-90s on July 1st, the hottest day of the stretch.
- Excessive Heat in Vermont, March 8 to 9, 2000The season's first Bermuda type high pumped unseasonably warm air across extreme southern Vermont on March 8 and March 9. Temperatures climbed through the 60s to near 70 on both afternoons.
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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 2026-09-24.