Vermont weather geek's hodgepodge of weather and climate news and opinion. Often Vermont focused, but taking a national and global approach, with sometimes an appropriate dash of fun, outrage, cynicism and compassion.
A waterspout turned tornado seen here damaging a beach resort on Long Island, NY. Severe weather and tornadoes hit the Mid-Atlantic states, but we in Vermont stayed on the quiet sidelines. We in Vermont should be very thankful the weather system that just threw clouds across Vermont on Thursday didn't hit us head on. The storm unleashed tornadoes, severe thunderstorms and flash flooding across the…
Vermont received FEMA disaster aid after the catastrophic July, 2023 floods, shown here. But that was during the Biden administration. If another flood happened now, Trump very likely wouldn't approve disaster aid because too many Vermonters voted against him. It's Trump disgusting retribution against perceived enemies Things have gotten so bad that if a disaster strikes your blue state, you won't…
A storm looms north of St. Albans, Vermont late yesterday afternoon. Only a few places in far northern Vermont got some rain yesterday. Photo by Jeff Modereger. As expected, any showers and storms pretty much stayed near the Canadian border yesterday and last night. One downpour just missed my house in St. Albans, Vermont during the late afternoon, which is too bad, because now I have to rig up…
Damage from Hurricane Lala in Hawaii. The storm brushed past Hawaii Sunday, causing widespread damage The center of Hurricane Lala ended up just missing Hawaii on Sunday, but it still left a mess on the chain of islands. At least one person died and left tens of thousands of people without power after the storm caused high winds and especially catastrophic flooding on many parts of the island…
I had a dream last night that Vermont was raked by extreme tornadoes, like the one pictured, along with extreme floods and August snow. Happily for all of us, we're in the midst of a relatively uneventful weather week. Though there could be a few storms north late today. The fog was a little slow to clear in some areas of Vermont yesterday, but it did clear, leading to a partly cloudy, seasonable…
The sky looked ominous over St. Albans, Vermont yesterday, but nothing much came of it. Very little rain fell in most of the state, except for a few places in Addison and Orange counties, As usual, there were winners and losers with the rain Sunday night and Monday, but mostly losers. The majority of us got less than a quarter inch of rain, with some people getting scarcely anything at all.…
Cameron Hamilton, fired in May, 2025 as acting FEMA director for contradicting Trump, has now been appointed the head of that agency. The administration had wanted to get rid of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. But it's still around. Hobbled, but there. Which is a fortunate victory against Donald Trump, who started his second term stridently calling for FEMA's abolishment, or at least…
A sign that summer is ending The hydrangea flowers in my backyard are fading to pink and russet, which is what normally happens as we head through August and move toward September. A couple days ago, meteorologists all thought Vermont was in for a a good soaking rain that would have hit last night. So much for that. The forecast evolved so that newer forecasts had only northern Vermont receiving…
Just one example of the big flooding in the Midwest. This image is from the Indianapolis areas. Source: Indianpolis Fire Department. While we here in Vermont enjoy tranquil weather, conditions are anything but elsewhere in the United States. Extreme flooding and intense thunderstorms have raked the Midwest. A rare hurricane blasted the Big Island of Hawaii. MIDWEST FLOOD At least six people have…
Yesterday was the first day this season that really felt like autumn was coming. Expected rainfall through Monday night. Decent rains are forecast in the Northeast Kingdom, with lesser amounts south. Severe weather is unlikely, we hope! Thanks in part to extra clouds during part of the day, and also some steady north winds, Saturday was a little cooler than forecast. In Burlington, we had the…
Weather radar late Friday afternoon showed some fairly strong thunderstorms in eastern New York, but they barely brushed the extreme southwestern tip of Vermont, so for a change, no severe weather for us. Some fairly strong storms developed in central and eastern New York yesterday with the latest weather disturbance, but Vermont for a change was left unscathed. There was some rain in southwestern…
