Storm History: Washington County, Vermont

601 episodes, 748 events since 1961

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Washington 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: 748
Deaths: 4
Injuries: 7
Damage: $228 million
Episodes: 601

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 event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Winter Storm	179	0	3	$2.9 million
Winter Weather	128	0	0	$843,000
Hail	98	0	0	$752,000
Thunderstorm Wind	95	0	1	$872,000
Flash Flood	94	1	1	$218 million
Strong Wind	26	0	0	$370,000
Tornado	23	0	0	$330,000
Flood	22	0	0	$1.3 million
High Wind	22	0	0	$1.1 million
Cold/Wind Chill	16	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	11	0	0
Heat	10	1	0	$1.0 million
Heavy Snow	8	1	0	$382,000
Heavy Rain	7	0	0
Lightning	3	1	2	$30,000
Frost/Freeze	3	0	0	$375,000
Dense Fog	1	0	0	$10,000
Blizzard	1	0	0	$25,000
Ice Storm	1	0	0

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:

Tornadoes in Washington County Every warning in Washington County since 1986 Every 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.