Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in Vermont
Every extreme cold/wind chill event the National Weather Service has filed in Vermont, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.
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The most significant extreme cold/wind chill episodes in Vermont.
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The record
- Events
- 213
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- None recorded
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Extreme Cold in Vermont, February 3 to 4, 2023An arctic airmass entered Vermont during the morning hours of February 3rd (Friday) and continued through the evening hours of February 4th (Saturday).
- Extreme Cold in Vermont, February 7 to 9, 2026An arctic cold front blasted across VT during the morning hours of February 7th sending temperatures plummeting through the teens into the single numbers by Saturday (2/7) evening on brisk northwest winds of 10 to 20 mph with higher gusts creating dangerous windchill…
- Extreme Cold in Vermont, January 23 to 25, 2026An arctic front moved across NY and northern New England on January 23rd with sub-zero temperatures (5 to 20 below zero) and brisk winds to create dangerous wind chills of 20 to 40 below zero across the region for the overnight of January 23rd into the morning hours of January…
- Extreme Cold in Vermont, January 29 to 30, 2026A weak replenishing arctic front moved across NY and northern New England on January 29th bringing colder air on northwest winds. Minimum air temperatures dropped to Zero to 15 below zero across much of VT with wind chill temperatures of 15 to 30 below zero across much of VT.
- Extreme Cold in Vermont, January 25 to 26, 2007An arctic cold front moved across Vermont on the 24th and delivered very cold temperatures of zero to 25 degrees below zero by the morning of the 25th.
- Extreme Cold in Vermont, March 9, 2007Arctic high pressure settled across New England during the night of the 8th and morning of the 9th with more frigid temperatures, similar to a few days earlier across Vermont.
- Extreme Cold in Vermont, March 6, 2007An arctic cold front swept across Vermont during the afternoon and evening of the 5th and delivered frigid temperatures along with blustery winds. Temperatures plummeted to below zero just after midnight on the 6th and were 5 to 20 degrees below zero by dawn.
- Extreme Cold in Vermont, January 14 to 18, 2009An arctic cold front moved across Vermont during the early morning hours of January 14th which delivered some of the coldest temperatures across the region in several years.
- Extreme Cold in Vermont, January 7 to 8, 2015An arctic cold front pushed across Vermont during the afternoon hours of January 7th with plummeting temperatures and brisk, strong winds (15 to 30+ mph) causing dangerously cold wind chills of 25 to 40 degrees below zero during the evening of January 7th into the morning hours…
- Extreme Cold and Cold in Vermont, January 11 to 12, 2022Arctic high pressure moving from central Canada across the Great Lakes into the northeast on January 11th.
- Extreme Cold in Vermont, January 14 to 15, 2022An arctic cold front moved across VT Friday night (1/14) with a strong area of high pressure across south-central Canada building into VT by late Saturday into Sunday delivering sub-zero temperatures Friday night through Sunday morning.
- Extreme Cold and Heavy Snow in Vermont, January 4 to 7, 2018A deep upper level trough swept across the southern US and turned northeastward offshore of the east coast from the morning of January 3 through the morning of January 4, 2018.
- Winter Storm and Extreme Cold in Vermont, January 19 to 22, 2019A major winter storm impacted southern Vermont on January 19th and 20th. Low pressure formed over the lower Mississippi Valley and lifted northeast across the Tennessee Valley during the night of the 19th before moving along the Mason-Dixon line on the 20th.
- Extreme Cold and Strong Wind in Vermont, February 3 to 4, 2023A brief but powerful arctic airmass moved across the region on February 3-4, 2023 which brought dangerously low wind chill values to much of the region along with strong wind gusts.
- Extreme Cold and Cold in Vermont, January 29 to 31, 2026A persistent polar airmass created a prolonged period of frigid conditions across southern Vermont for the final days of January into the very beginning of February.
- Extreme Cold and Cold in Vermont, February 7 to 9, 2026A strong cold front crossed southern Vermont during the morning hours on February 7, 2026, ushering in an arctic air mass which remained in place through the morning hours on February 9, 2026.
- Extreme Cold and Cold in Vermont, January 23 to 24, 2026A potent cold front ushered a bitterly cold airmass into southern Vermont on January 23-24, 2026.
- Extreme Cold in Vermont, January 23 to 24, 2011Bitterly cold air settled into the region as Canadian high pressure built in. Temperatures plummeted to 10 to 25 degrees below zero across southern Vermont. Brisk westerly winds diminished during the evening, becoming light and variable to calm after midnight.
- Extreme Cold and Cold in Vermont, February 19 to 20, 2015In the wake of a departing storm system, strong northwest winds brought yet another frigid Arctic air mass into the region during the evening on Thursday, February 19th.
- Extreme Cold in Vermont, February 15 to 16, 2015Behind a rapidly developing coastal storm, an extremely frigid Arctic air mass pour into the region from the north, beginning during the late morning hours on Sunday, February 15th.
- Extreme Cold in Vermont, January 7 to 8, 2015Behind an arctic cold front, bitter cold air moved into southern Vermont for the night of Wednesday, January 7th. Overnight lows were between -9 and -19 degrees, with the coldest temperatures within the southern Green Mountains.
- Extreme Cold in Vermont, February 13 to 14, 2016Behind an Arctic cold front, very cold temperatures poured into the region upon brisk northwesterly winds. Temperatures dropped through the day on Saturday, February 13th, reaching lows of 12 to 28 degrees below zero across southern Vermont on Saturday night.
- Extreme Cold and Cold in Vermont, December 31, 2017A bitterly cold air mass in place allowed temperatures to plummet several degrees below zero on New Years Eve into New Years Day. Temperatures ranged from 10 below zero in Windham county to 18 below zero in Bennington county, Vermont.
- Extreme Cold and Cold in Vermont, December 27 to 29, 2017A frigid Arctic air mass poured into the region Wednesday, December 27th along with gusty northwesterly winds. Despite gusty winds, low temperatures fell to as low as five below zero to 14 degrees below zero across southern Vermont on Wednesday night.
- Extreme Cold and Cold in Vermont, January 1 to 2, 2018A 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.
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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.