Winter Weather in Essex, Vermont

Snowfall across the region was 4 to 6 inches.

An occluded area of low pressure traveled across the Great Lakes, NY and New England during the night of February 20th with a new surface low developing off of the Cape cod coast by the early morning hours of February 21st.

Snow overspread VT during the late afternoon and early evening hours, becoming heavy at times during the evening commute with snowfall rates in excess of 1 inch per hour at times. Snow ended during the early morning hours of February 21st. Snowfall totals across the VT were generally 4 to 9 inches with the heavier totals across the central Green Mountain communities. The main impacts were travel related due to the timing and there were some isolated power outages due to the wet, heavy nature of the snow.