Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Burlington's Blizzard Bullseye:
New All-Time Snowfall Record

The heavy snowstorm which affected northern New England over the weekend put Burlington, VT directly in the bullseye. The National Weather Service reported on Monday that the storm total of 33.1" at Burlington International Airport set a new all-time snowfall record for a single storm. The old record was 29.8" in December 1969.

Other storm totals around the northeastern New York/Vermont region are listed below.

A daily snowfall record was also set at Caribou, ME for January 2 (8.5" vs. 5.8" in 1972).

The top 5 Burlington snowfalls are now:
1. 33.1 INCHES ON JANUARY 2-3, 2010   
2. 29.8 INCHES ON DECEMBER 25-28, 1969
3. 25.7 INCHES ON FEBRUARY 14-15, 2007
4. 24.7 INCHES ON JANUARY 13-14, 1934
5. 22.9 INCHES ON MARCH 5-6, 2001

********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************

LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS
SNOWFALL OF
(INCHES) MEASUREMENT


NEW YORK

...CLINTON COUNTY...
PERU 4.1 ESE 9.2 800 AM 1/4 COCORAHS
PLATTSBURGH 7.0 1200 AM 1/4

...FRANKLIN COUNTY...
MALONE 9.0 700 AM 1/4 COOP

...ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY...
POTSDAM 7.5 622 PM 1/3

VERMONT

...ADDISON COUNTY...
MONKTON 24.5 900 AM 1/4 SPOTTER
LINCOLN 2.2 NW 14.0 800 AM 1/4 COCORAHS
SALISBURY 2 N 12.4 500 PM 1/3

...CALEDONIA COUNTY...
WALDEN 20.0 632 PM 1/3
SUTTON 10.5 700 AM 1/4 COOP
SUTTON 2 NE 9.4 700 AM 1/4 COOP
NORTH WALDEN 7.8 700 AM 1/4 COOP
STANNARD 6.2 530 PM 1/3
SAINT JOHNSBURY 5.4 400 PM 1/3

...CHITTENDEN COUNTY...
SOUTH BURLINGTON 33.1 1200 AM 1/4
ESSEX JUNCTION 30.0 427 PM 1/3
MILTON 25.0 600 PM 1/3 NWS EMPLOYEE
CHARLOTTE 24.0 400 PM 1/3 SPOTTER
NORTH UNDERHILL 21.9 900 AM 1/4 NWS EMPLOYEE
NASHVILLE 1 E 21.6 718 PM 1/3

...FRANKLIN COUNTY...
SWANTON 7.8 745 PM 1/3

...LAMOILLE COUNTY...
JEFFERSONVILLE 21.5 800 AM 1/4 SPOTTER
CAMBRIDGE 16.0 1028 AM 1/4 PUBLIC
MOUNT MANSFIELD 11.0 430 PM 1/3
EDEN 2 S 8.0 700 AM 1/4 COOP
STOWE 4.2 624 PM 1/3

...ORANGE COUNTY...
CORINTH 6.0 705 AM 1/4 COOP

...ORLEANS COUNTY...
BARTON 3.0 ENE 13.8 800 AM 1/4 COCORAHS
DERBY CENTER 1.8 NW 12.0 800 AM 1/4 COCORAHS
WESTFIELD 0.7 WNW 9.5 800 AM 1/4 COCORAHS
IRASBURG 3.2 701 AM 1/4 COOP

...RUTLAND COUNTY...
DANBY 13.5 607 AM 1/4
SUDBURY 13.0 730 PM 1/3
CLARENDON 12.0 900 AM 1/4 RUTLAND AIRPORT
PITTSFORD 11.5 1120 PM 1/3 SPOTTER
POULTNEY 9.0 100 PM 1/3 SPOTTER
RUTLAND 7.8 703 AM 1/4 COOP

...WASHINGTON COUNTY...
WATERBURY 4.6 NNE 5.8 800 AM 1/4 COCORAHS
WAITSFIELD 2 W 5.0 900 AM 1/4 COOP
PLAINFIELD 3.3 704 AM 1/4 COOP
WORCESTER 2 W 3.3 705 AM 1/4 COOP
EAST CALAIS 3.0 1230 PM 1/3 SPOTTER
NORTHFIELD 3.0 704 AM 1/4 COOP
MARSHFIELD 4.5 SW 2.7 800 AM 1/4 COCORAHS
EAST CALAIS 1.5 SW 2.4 800 AM 1/4 COCORAHS

...WINDSOR COUNTY...
WOODSTOCK 1.3 706 AM 1/4 COOP
ROCHESTER 1.0 706 AM 1/4 COOP
Image (click to enlarge): Total snowfall from 7 am Saturday, Jan. 2, through 7 am Monday, Jan. 4, 2010 from National Weather Service

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