Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in Lamoille, Vermont

Daytime temperatures falling to the single digits above zero on Saturday (2/7) combined with northwest winds of 10 to 20 mph with higher gusts created wind chills of 10 to 20 below zero during the daylight hours.

Saturday night (2/7) - Sunday morning (2/8)...although winds diminished to 5 to 10 mph and gusty at times, actual air temperatures fell to 5 to 10 below zero creating dangerous wind chills of 20 to 30 below zero. During Sunday (2/8) temperatures were 0 to 10 degrees above zero but a persistent wind around 10 mph created wind chills up to 10 below zero. High pressure crested across the region during the overnight into the early morning hours of February 9th, allowing temperatures to fall to 10 to 20 below zero.

An arctic cold front blasted across VT during the morning hours of February 7th sending temperatures plummeting through the teens into the single numbers by Saturday (2/7) evening on brisk northwest winds of 10 to 20 mph with higher gusts creating dangerous windchill temperatures of 10 to 25 below zero during the afternoon hours.

Although winds diminished somewhat on the night of the 7th, sub-zero temperatures still accounted for 15 to 30 below wind chills through midday on February 8th with daytime wind chills still 15 to 25 below zero.

This was the 3rd such cold spell within the past month that attributed to the Ice Over of Lake Champlain on February 13th, the first time since 2018.

Arctic high pressure crested across the region on the night of February 8th into the morning hours of February 9th. This allowed temperatures to radiate down to 5 to 20 below zero across VT.