Cold/Wind Chill — Bennington, Vermont

2025-02-17 to 2025-02-18 · Bennington, Vermont

Event narrative

Wind chills ranging from negative fifteen to negative five were recorded in Bennington County.

Wider weather episode

Immediately on the heels of a complex winter storm that impacted southern Vermont on February 15-16th, 2025, strong winds and bitter cold broke out across Bennington and Windham Counties. Strongest wind gusts ranged from around 40 mph to 60 mph with a peak wind gust of 69 mph recorded near the town of Peru in Bennington County. The cold airmass inflicted across southern Vermont on the departing side of the storm of the days prior led to wind chill values anywhere from -1 to -18.

Key Impacts: power outages.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1240102. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.