Winter Storm in Vermont
Every winter storm event the National Weather Service has filed in Vermont, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
The most significant on the map
The most significant winter storm 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
- 2,103
- Deaths
- 6
- Injuries
- 6
- Damage
- $30 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Vermont, December 29, 2015The remnants of a powerful winter storm that brought blizzard conditions to New Mexico and Texas, tornadoes in Texas and record flooding rains to portions of the Mississippi River Valley moved into the Great Lakes on December 29th bringing the first winter storm of the 2015-16…
- Winter Storm and High Wind in Vermont, December 21 to 23, 2012A strong, complex, dual area of low pressure from the Great Lakes to the New Jersey coast on the morning of December 21st eventually lifted north across New York into Quebec by December 22nd.
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Vermont, January 18 to 19, 2015Low pressure tracked across eastern New England during the nighttime and early morning hours of January 18th-19th. The initial precipitation across Vermont was in the form of rain with air temperatures in the 30s to around 40 degrees.
- Winter Storm and Flooding in Vermont, March 6 to 7, 2011On March 6th, a slow moving north-south oriented cold front, laden with copious amounts of moisture, entered western Vermont by late morning, central Vermont around midday and eastern Vermont by late afternoon.
- Winter Storm in Vermont, December 7 to 8, 1996A storm system off the Carolina coast late Saturday, December 7 moved northeast across southeastern New England Sunday, December 8, 1996 resulting in significant snowfall in Vermont.
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 12, 2011A powerful Nor'easter traveled across Cape Cod into the Gulf of Maine on January 12th with a central and southern Vermont affected by this storm as well.
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 4 to 5, 2008A powerful winter storm moved from the lower Mississippi River Valley on the morning of March 4th, into the Ohio River Valley during the night and then across New England on the 5th.
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 5 to 6, 2001A storm system developed off the coast of Virginia early Monday, February 5, 2001 and moved northeast . It moved across extreme southeast coastal New England late Monday night and into the Gulf of Maine early Tuesday, February 6th.
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 25, 2022Low pressure moved from the Ohio River Valley across southern New England on February 25th. Snow developed across VT in the early morning hours and ended by mid to late afternoon with snowfall amounts of 6 to 12 inches across the region.
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 23 to 25, 2010On the afternoon of February 23rd through the evening hours of February 24th, the combination of a large developing upper atmospheric low pressure system across the lower Great Lakes and Ohio River Valley with a surface low south of New England accounted for a prolonged fetch of…
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Vermont, December 9 to 11, 2014Low pressure moved north along the eastern seaboard on December 9th and then stalled across New England through December 11th before lifting northeast into the Canadian Maritime. This storm was comprised of three phases.
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Vermont, November 26 to 28, 2018A storm that brought blizzard conditions to parts of the Midwest on Sunday, November 25th moved into the Ohio River Valley - Southern Great Lakes on 11/26.
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 31, 1997On March 31 and April 1, a classic late season nor'easter tracked from the Chesapeake Bay area northeast to central coastal New Jersey then slowly out to sea. This system produced rain across Bennington and Windham Counties during the morning hours of March 31.
- Winter Storm in Vermont, December 11 to 12, 2008An area of high pressure was located across New England and New York on the morning of December 11th. Meanwhile, complex low pressure that originated in the Mississippi River, traveled north along the Mid-Atlantic Coast during the morning of December 11th.
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 5 to 6, 2001Storm system developed off the Virginia coast early Monday, March 5th. It moved slowly northeast to near Cape Cod, Ma late Monday night, March 5th and Tuesday morning, March 6th. The storm moved slowly away from New England during Tuesday, March 6th.
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 12 to 13, 2014A major snowstorm with near blizzard conditions at times impacted portions of northern New York on March 12th and lingered into the morning hours of March 13th.
- Winter Storm and Lightning Strike in Vermont, February 5 to 6, 2011A strong, potent upper atmospheric system, as well as a developing surface low, raced across the Ohio River Valley during the afternoon of February 5th.
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2 to 3, 2010Record Snowfall occurred across the greater Burlington area on January 2nd into January 3rd.
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Vermont, March 14 to 16, 2017A major nor'easter developed off the North Carolina/Virginia coast during the early morning hours of March 14th and intensified as it moved north-northeast across southeast New England during the night into central Maine by the morning of March 15th.
- Winter Storm and Flooding in Vermont, January 12 to 14, 2018A very deep upper level trough from Central Canada to the Gulf of Mexico allowed for a warm, moist flow with temperatures in the 50s and 60s through the early evening hours of January 12th across VT.
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Vermont, February 7, 2020A cold front straddled across NY and VT during the February 6-7th time frame. A weak system, moved across VT during the early morning hours of February 6th with snowfall of 1 to 3 inches along the International border to 2 to 4 inches across the southern half of VT.
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Vermont, January 16, 2021A winter storm in the Great Lakes on January 15th, transferred energy to a developing coastal low of the NJ coast during the morning of the 16th. Precipitation began late evening on the 15th across VT with rain in the valleys and wet snow in the higher elevations.
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 5 to 6, 1997An area of low pressure moved out of the Ohio Valley Wednesday night (3/5/97) and across central New England early Thursday (3/6/97).
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 2, 2011A major winter storm developed in the southern Plains and western Gulf coast states on February 1st and proceeded to move into the Ohio River Valley on the morning of February 2nd.
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 2, 2015A storm system moved from the Desert Southwest on Saturday (1/31) to the Mississippi Valley on Sunday (2/1) and across the Ohio River Valley and south of New England on Monday (2/2).
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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.