Vermont

Storm History: Rutland County, Vermont

621 episodes, 1,042 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Rutland County, Vermont: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
1,042
Deaths
12
Injuries
7
Damage
$86 million
Episodes
621

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.

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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Winter Storm27350$3.6 million
Thunderstorm Wind16333$2.5 million
Hail15003$2.5 million
Winter Weather12810$693,000
Flash Flood7920$65 million
High Wind5310$7.0 million
Strong Wind5000$597,000
Flood3101$505,000
Cold/Wind Chill2400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2200
Tornado2100$163,000
Heat1300$650,000
Heavy Snow1200$405,000
Frost/Freeze700$1.2 million
Lightning400$115,000
Ice Storm300$80,000
Heavy Rain300
Lakeshore Flood300$250,000
Blizzard200$50,000
Dense Fog100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Rutland CountyEvery warning in Rutland County since 1986Every county in Vermont

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.