Lightning in Vermont

Events

94

Deaths

4

Injuries

18

Damage

$6.4 million

• Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Vermont, July 30, 20192 deaths · $275,000 · 66 kt wind · 18 eventsA weak upper level disturbance moving through a very warm, humid and unstable air mass lead to scattered thunderstorms, including several severe storms in the Champlain Valley of Vermont.
• Lightning Strike in Vermont, June 12, 19961 death · 1 injured · 1 event
• Lightning Strike in Vermont, July 12, 20041 death · 1 injured · 1 eventA thunderstorm resulted in a fatal lightning strike on a golf course. At approximately 430pm EDT (330pm EST) on Monday, July 12, a lightning bolt struck a tree and traveled down hitting the victim's golf club and killing her. One other person was injured by the lightning strike.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 6, 2011$1.6 million · 1 in hail · 56 eventsA cold front and upper atmospheric disturbance moved across a warm, moist unstable air mass across northern New York and Vermont during the afternoon of July 6th.
• Lightning Strike in Vermont, July 4, 20021 death · 1 eventAs a thunderstorm was ending near Quechee, Vermont, a male in his late 30's was struck by the final lightning bolt of a thunderstorm. The bolt struck the individual's tent.
• Lightning Strike in Vermont, June 23, 20121 death · 1 eventIsolated to scattered thunderstorms developed along a secondary cold front that was moving across the Connecticut River Valley into New Hampshire during the early afternoon of June 23rd.
• Tornado and Flash Flooding in Vermont, May 28 to 29, 2012$1.2 million · EF0 · 53 eventsA warm front moved across Vermont during the morning hours of May 29th, which lead to numerous thunderstorms with heavy rain, damaging lightning and some isolated large hail and strong winds.
• Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Vermont, June 5, 2002$108,000 · F2 · 4 eventsThunderstorms, that initially developed in New York, and produced a macroburst in extreme eastern New York, moved into southern Vermont during the evening of the 5th.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, August 25, 2007$1.9 million · 1.5 in hail · 40 eventsA very warm, humid and unstable airmass was located across Vermont during the afternoon of the 25th, with temperatures in the upper 80s to lower 90s and dewpoints around 70 degrees.
• Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Vermont, July 11, 2007$4.3 million · 10 eventsOn the afternoon of July 11th...a warm and very moist airmass was draped across Vermont. In addition, a slow moving cold front entered Vermont from west to east during the afternoon.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 4, 2012$860,000 · 1 in hail · 37 eventsA moderately strong upper level disturbance ahead of a surface cold front moved across southern Quebec during the afternoon and evening hours of July 4th.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, May 26, 20101 injured · $385,000 · 1 in hail · 32 eventsOn May 26th, record warmth combined with a westward moving backdoor surface cold front from eastern Quebec-Maine-New Hampshire and a mid-atmospheric disturbance that moved south from Quebec to produce numerous thunderstorms in the northern Champlain Valley during the evening…
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Vermont, June 28, 2016$1.7 million · 0.75 in hail · 4 eventsA cold front moves across a marginally unstable air mass during the afternoon of June 28th developing thunderstorms in the Adirondacks of New York that eventually moved into the Champlain Valley and elsewhere in Vermont.
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Vermont, July 4 to 5, 20131 injured · $875,000 · 8 eventsA weak mid-atmospheric disturbance moving across a stationary surface boundary within an unstable, tropical air mass led to numerous showers and thunderstorms with torrential, flooding rains across portions of Vermont.
• Lightning Strikes in Vermont, July 27, 20071 injured · $900,000 · 2 eventsA warm, very moist and unstable airmass, combined with the approach of a weak cold front from the west, led to the development of scattered showers and thunderstorms during the evening hours on Friday July 27th.
• Tornado and Hail in Vermont, June 5, 20102 injured · $95,000 · EF1 · 12 eventsA weak surface low traveled along a slow moving cold front across northern Vermont during the afternoon of June 5th.
• Winter Storm and Lightning Strike in Vermont, February 5 to 6, 2011$335,000 · 17 eventsA strong, potent upper atmospheric system, as well as a developing surface low, raced across the Ohio River Valley during the afternoon of February 5th.
• Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Vermont, May 20, 2011$585,000 · 5 eventsSlow moving thunderstorms produced excessive runoff across portions of Vermont, resulting in localized flash flooding.
• Tornado and Hail in Vermont, July 16, 2009$314,000 · EF0 · 17 eventsOn July 16th, a strong upper atmospheric area of low pressure was located north of the Great Lakes in south central Canada.
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Vermont, July 16 to 17, 20001 injured · $325,000 · 5 eventsA stalled frontal boundary across extreme southern Vermont interacted with a strong upper level disturbance from July 15 into early July 16. The result was a slow-moving low pressure area which formed over Virginia.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 9, 2007$226,000 · 2.75 in hail · 20 eventsAn area of low pressure moved across Ontario and Quebec provinces in Canada on the 9th, while its associated occluded frontal boundaries moved across Vermont during the late morning through early evening hours.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Vermont, August 3, 2007$250,000 · 1.5 in hail · 4 eventsA cold front approaching from the west, along with a hot, moist and unstable air mass in place, led to the development of numerous showers and strong thunderstorms across eastern New York and western New England during the mid to late afternoon hours on Friday August 3rd, into…
• Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Vermont, September 11, 2016$170,000 · 55 kt wind · 12 eventsA cold front moved across New York during the early morning hours and Vermont during the morning hours of September 11th.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, June 27, 2007$121,000 · 1 in hail · 19 eventsA mid-level atmospheric disturbance and accompanying surface trough moved into a very warm and unstable airmass across Vermont during the late afternoon hours of the 27th.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 10, 2007$122,000 · 1.75 in hail · 18 eventsDuring the afternoon and evening of the 10th...a mid-atmospheric disturbance moved along a stationary frontal boundary draped across central Vermont. Numerous thunderstorms developed in Vermont, as well as New York which then traveled across Vermont.

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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.