Tornadoes · United States · Vermont
1978 tornadoes in Vermont
No tornado was recorded in Vermont in 1978. The state averages 1.6 a year over the 31 years it has any in the record.
What Vermont usually sees
The record has 49 tornadoes in Vermont since 1950, none of them fatal. Every year in Vermont.
Nearby
Every tornado in Vermont since 1950Warnings in force in VermontThe live radar over Vermont
What this means
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.
Sources
NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.