Winter Storm — Eastern Rutland, Vermont

2011-01-12 · Eastern Rutland, Vermont

Event narrative

Generally 8 to 15 inches of snow fell across Rutland county with the higher amounts along the western slopes of the Green Mountains. Some specific snowfall totals included; 14 inches in Danby Four Corners, 12 inches in Castleton and 10 inches in Rutland.

Wider weather episode

A powerful Nor'easter traveled across Cape Cod into the Gulf of Maine on January 12th with a central and southern Vermont affected by this storm as well.

This storm had a long, dangerous and devastating wintry history from the southern Plains and Gulf coast states on January 9th to the southeast United States on January 10th, then coastal mid-Atlantic on January 11th until impacting the northeast late January 11th into January 12th.

Snow began across southern Vermont during the pre-dawn hours of the 12th and reached the Canadian border by mid-morning. Snowfall amounts across Vermont were generally 6 to 12 inches with lesser amounts along the Canadian border and amounts in excess of a foot along the spine of the Green Mountains as well as the southern half of Rutland and Windsor counties.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 268791. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.