Winter Storm — Eastern Windsor County, Vermont

2024-03-23 · Eastern Windsor County, Vermont

Event narrative

Snowfall totals across Windsor county were generally 15 to 25 inches but some higher terrain received 25+ inches. Some specifics included; 33 inches in West Windsor, 31 inches in Hartland, 29 inches in Windsor, 28 inches in Woodstock, 25 inches in Ludlow, 23 inches in Wilder, 20 inches in Sharon with 17 inches in Bridgewater.

Wider weather episode

An area of low pressure moved from the southeast United States on March 22nd up the eastern seaboard to the NJ/DE coast by midday on March 24th and offshore by Cape Cod late at night on March 24th.

Snow overspread Vermont, south to north, during the early morning hours of March 23rd and then exiting from west to east during the evening hours of March 23rd. The higher snowfall accumulations were across south central and southern VT, except along the MA/VT border where some mixed precipitation types occurred.

Snowfall totals ranged from 3 to 6 inches in northwest VT, 6 to 12 inches across the rest of the Champlain Valley and northern VT, 12 to 18 inches in central VT with 18 to 24+ inches across south central VT with these higher totals mainly across Windsor and eastern Rutland counties.

Impacts were largely travel related.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1158683. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.