Tornado in Vermont
Every tornado event the National Weather Service has filed in Vermont, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
The most significant on the map
The most significant tornado 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
- 53
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 12
- Damage
- $6.0 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornado and Hail in Vermont, August 8, 1983
- 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.
- Tornado in Vermont, August 3, 1970
- Tornado in Vermont, June 18, 1957
- 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.
- 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.
- Tornadoes in Vermont, May 20, 1962
- 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.
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Vermont, May 29, 1969
- Tornadoes in Vermont, June 24, 1960
- Tornadoes in Vermont, July 9, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Vermont, June 13, 1961
- Tornado in Vermont, March 22, 1955
- Tornado in Vermont, October 24, 1955
- Tornado in Vermont, August 11, 1966
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Vermont, June 18, 2026Surface low pressure supported by vigorous mid-level shortwave moved across northern NY and northern New England during the afternoon and evening hours of June 18th.
- Tornado in Vermont, September 3, 1993Rte. 105 and the County Line to 1 NW Island Pond,The first tornado to touch down in the state in several years hit the northeast corner of the state during the evening of September 3rd.
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Vermont, March 26, 2021Low pressure moved northeast across northern NY during the afternoon of March 26th. This was the same system responsible for the tornado outbreak across AL/MS/GA the previous day.
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 13, 2023A mid level disturbance combined with a surface front and weak wave of low pressure moved across an unstable air mass over Vermont during the afternoon and evening of July 13th.
- Tornado and Hail in Vermont, June 5, 2010A weak surface low traveled along a slow moving cold front across northern Vermont during the afternoon of June 5th.
- Tornado and Hail in Vermont, April 16, 2026A stationary frontal boundary was draped across northern NY east across central VT and New England during the afternoon of April 16th. A weak area of low pressure was traversing this frontal boundary as well.
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Vermont, June 11, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Vermont, May 9, 2009On May 9th, a surface low and cold front moved from the Great Lakes across northern New York and Vermont, along a stationary boundary draped across the Adirondacks and central Vermont.
- Tornado and Hail in Vermont, July 16, 2009On July 16th, a strong upper atmospheric area of low pressure was located north of the Great Lakes in south central Canada.
- Tornadoes in Vermont, July 21, 2003A large upper air trough dug across the western Great Lakes on Monday, July 21. At the surface, a deep low pressure area moved across the eastern Great Lakes, driving a warm front across New England during the evening hours.
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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.