Tornado History Map

Vermont tornado history

52 tornadoes recorded in Vermont from 1953 to 2023, drawn on the map and coloured by rating.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Vermont

The Storm Prediction Center records 52 tornadoes that touched Vermont between 1953 and 2023, and 49 of them began there. A tornado that crossed a state line counts in every state it touched. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is July, with 17 tornadoes.

  • 52tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 81injuries
  • 56per 10,000 sq mi of land
  • 13counties touched

Tornadoes per 10,000 square miles lets you compare states of different sizes. It counts every tornado that touched the state.

How strong were Vermont's tornadoes?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01325%
F1 / EF12344%
F2 / EF21427%
F3 / EF324%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Vermont tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 15 in 1960s.1950s51960s151970s61980s71990s22000s82010s52020s4

The 2020s only run to 2023, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1953.

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PeriodCount
1950s5
1960s15
1970s6
1980s7
1990s2
2000s8
2010s5
2020s4

The record has changed over the decades as detection and reporting improved, so more weak tornadoes show up in recent years than in the 1950s. The year with the most in Vermont was 1962, with 5.

Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 17 in Jul.Jan0Feb0Mar2Apr0May9Jun11Jul17Aug11Sep1Oct1Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr0
May9
Jun11
Jul17
Aug11
Sep1
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest tornadoes that touched Vermont

  • New York tornado31 May 1998, F3, 68 injuries, 30.5 miles long
  • New Hampshire tornado20 August 1968, F3, 1 injury, 1 mile long
  • Vermont tornado13 June 1961, F2, 7.9 miles long
  • Vermont tornado9 July 1962, F2, 7.7 miles long
  • Vermont tornado9 July 1962, F2, 7.6 miles long
  • Vermont tornado4 July 1963, F2, 5.9 miles long

Most recent tornadoes in Vermont

  • Vermont tornado13 July 2023, EF0, 11.9 miles long
  • Vermont tornado18 July 2022, EF0, 0.7 miles long
  • Vermont tornado18 July 2022, EF1, 0.9 miles long
  • Vermont tornado26 March 2021, EF1, 2 injuries, 0.7 miles long
  • Vermont tornado21 August 2019, EF1, 0.8 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

Vermont counties

Every county that a tornado has touched is listed, most tornadoes first. 10 of them have at least 3 tornadoes and their own page.

CountyTornadoesStrongest
Franklin County9F/EF2
Windham County7F/EF3
Bennington County6F/EF3
Chittenden County6F/EF2
Orleans County6F/EF1
Addison County4F/EF1
Essex County4F/EF1
Windsor County4F/EF2
Lamoille County3F/EF2
Orange County3F/EF1
Rutland County2F/EF0
Caledonia County1F/EF0
Grand Isle County1F/EF2

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