Thunderstorm Wind in Vermont
Every thunderstorm wind event the National Weather Service has filed in Vermont, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
The most significant on the map
The most significant thunderstorm wind 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
- 2,342
- Deaths
- 8
- Injuries
- 38
- Damage
- $28 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Vermont, July 30, 2019A 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.
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 18, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, August 19, 2009A weak cold front, supported by an energized mid-level disturbance, moved into a moderately unstable air mass across southwest Vermont during the afternoon of August 19th.
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 23, 2016A significant cold front and strong mid-level disturbance caused numerous thunderstorms to develop in Quebec province Canada by late morning then travel and intensify across VT during the afternoon. Significant and widespread damage occurred with more than 20,000 utility outages.
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Vermont, May 26 to 27, 2011A surface low as well as upper atmospheric energy traveled along a quasi-stationary boundary across northern New York and Vermont during the afternoon and evening of May 26th.
- Tornado and Hail in Vermont, August 8, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, July 5, 1999A mesoscale convective complex consisting of a cluster of thunderstorms moved across northern New York and northern Vermont during the early morning hours of Monday, July 5th.
- Tornado and Hail in Vermont, May 31, 1998During the morning hours of May 31, a strong low pressure system over the upper Great Lakes pushed a warm front across eastern New York and western New England. This set the stage for a major severe weather outbreak in southern Vermont.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 6, 2011A 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.
- Flash Flood and Hail in Vermont, July 21, 2010On July 21st, a developing surface low across the Great Lakes traveled along a stationary boundary draped across the North Country. Surface conditions became increasingly unstable during the afternoon with temperatures in the 80s and dewpoints in the 60s and lower 70s.
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Vermont, May 28 to 29, 2012A 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.
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 1, 2017Heavy rainfall of 3 to 4 inches during the past 3-4 days had pre-saturated the soils across much of central Vermont.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Vermont, June 5, 2002Thunderstorms, 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, 2007A 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.
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, August 31, 1993A squall line moved across Vermont ahead of a strong cold front during the late afternoon and evening hours of August 31st resulting in severe thunderstorms across much of the state. Hardest hit were Addison, Chittenden, and Franklin Counties.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Vermont, July 18, 2008Several mid-atmospheric impulses traveled along a stationary boundary across northern Vermont during the early afternoon and evening hours of July 18th.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, August 16, 2007Scattered thunderstorms developed in a moderately unstable airmass across the Champlain Valley of New York during the afternoon of the 16th.
- Flash Flooding and Lakeshore Flood in Vermont, May 4 to 5, 2018An energetic storm system moved from the Great Lakes across the St. Lawrence Valley into Ontario/Quebec during the afternoon and evening hours of May 4th. Instability was marginal for thunderstorm development during the evening hours with thunderstorms ahead of a cold front.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 4, 2012A 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, June 10, 2008A very energetic mid-atmospheric disturbance moved across the Great Lakes during the afternoon and evening of June 10th. This developed a surface low along a cold front, which moved across Vermont during the afternoon and evening hours.
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, August 24, 1993A squall line moved across Vermont ahead of a cold front during the late afternoon and evening of August 24th resulting in a fairly widespread outbreak of severe weather across the state. Hardest hit by the severe thunderstorms were Chittenden and Addison Counties.
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Vermont, May 29, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Vermont, July 18, 2006A surface cold front and a strong mid-level atmospheric disturbance moved into a moderately unstable airmass across northern Vermont around midday on the 18th, which resulted in scattered thunderstorms.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, May 26, 2010On 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, May 17, 2025A weak area of low pressure and associated front moved across northern NY and Vermont during the afternoon and evening hours of May 17th. This system moved across a relatively unstable airmass across the region that resulted in numerous showers and thunderstorms.
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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.