Essex County Storm Activity
Wind, hail, and tornado activity from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 11, 2026
Has it hailed in Essex County, Vermont recently? Official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records say yes: 26 hail reports with hail up to 0.88", among 51 severe weather events logged here in the last 12 months, together with 25 high-wind reports with gusts up to 55 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was in August 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
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Last 30 days in Essex County
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Events older than 30 days, as recorded by the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center. Excerpts are quoted directly from official warnings and verified reports.
Monday, August 10, 2026
5 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1122 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Keeseville, moving east at 55 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 1122 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Keeseville, moving east at 55 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Essex County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Essex County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Essex County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Essex County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Essex County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, August 8, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 437 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Colchester, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.88" Essex County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, August 7, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 716 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Moriah, moving east at 15 mph. Hazard: Very heavy rain, wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Localized flooding possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 716 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Moriah, moving east at 15 mph. Hazard: Very heavy rain, wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Localized flooding possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.5" Essex County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Essex County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, August 6, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 641 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Shoreham, moving east at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 641 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Shoreham, moving east at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Essex County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Essex County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Essex County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, July 16, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 1137 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 13 miles northwest of Pittsburg to 12 miles north of Derby Line Village to 16 miles north of Berkshire. Movement was southeast at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
“At 1249 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Enosburg to near Ellenburg. Movement was southeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.5" Essex County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Essex County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Essex County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 334 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Leicester to Schroon. Movement was southeast at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 334 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Leicester to Schroon. Movement was southeast at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Essex County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Essex County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 921 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 24 miles north of Norton, moving south at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“Social media image of two large trees uprooted on a property along Little Averill Pond. (BTV)”
- Hail 0.5" Essex County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown Little Averill Dam SPC verified report
Thursday, July 9, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 605 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Burke, moving east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.5" Essex County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, June 14, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 137 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Averill, moving east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Canaan, Averill, Lemington, Lewis, Norton, Bloomfield, and Beecher Falls.”
- Hail 0.5" Essex County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, June 6, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 623 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Eagle Point Campground, moving east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 623 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Eagle Point Campground, moving east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.5" Essex County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Essex County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, May 29, 2026
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 646 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers near South Hero, moving southeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 556 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Clinton to near Bellmont to near Stockholm. Movement was southeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. well as cloud to ground lightning. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Essex County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Essex County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Essex County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, April 16, 2026
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 848 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Danville to near Groton to near Starksboro to near Hague. Movement was east at 45 mph. Hazard: Outflow driven wind gusts up to 50 mph and embedded hail up to a half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
“At 848 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Danville to near Groton to near Starksboro to near Hague. Movement was east at 45 mph. Hazard: Outflow driven wind gusts up to 50 mph and embedded hail up to a half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
- Hail 0.5" Essex County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Essex County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Essex County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Essex County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, April 10, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 606 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers along a line extending from Mt. Philo State Park to Chestertown. Movement was east at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 606 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers along a line extending from Mt. Philo State Park to Chestertown. Movement was east at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Essex County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Essex County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, April 5, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. WHERE...Portions of northern New York and northern Vermont. WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT this morning. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down resulting in isolated to scattered power outages.”
“WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. WHERE...Portions of northern New York and northern Vermont. WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT this morning. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down resulting in isolated to scattered power outages.”
- Wind 55 mph Essex County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph Essex County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, April 4, 2026
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected, localized higher gusts up to 55 mph possible from Malone to Altona. WHERE...Portions of northern New York and northwest Vermont. WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to 8 AM EDT Sunday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down with isolated to scattered power outages possible.”
“WHAT...Southeast winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. WHERE...In New York, Western Essex County. In Vermont, Orleans and Lamoille Counties. WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to 8 AM EDT Sunday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
- Wind 55 mph Essex County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Essex County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Essex County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, April 3, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...South winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. WHERE...Northern New York and Northwestern Vermont WHEN...From 8 PM Saturday to 8 AM EDT Sunday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
“At 1241 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Montgomery, moving east at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Essex County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Essex County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...Southwest to west winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. WHERE...Portions of northern New York and central, northeast, northwest, and southern Vermont. WHEN...Until 11 AM EDT this morning. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and isolated power outages could occur.”
“WHAT...Southwest to west winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. WHERE...Portions of northern New York and central, northeast, northwest, and southern Vermont. WHEN...Until 11 AM EDT this morning. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and isolated power outages could occur.”
- Wind 50 mph Essex County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Essex County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, March 16, 2026
4 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 to 55 mph. WHERE...Portions of northern New York and Vermont. WHEN...Until 11 AM EDT Tuesday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and isolated power outages could occur.”
“WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 to 55 mph. WHERE...Portions of northern New York and Vermont. WHEN...Until 11 AM EDT Tuesday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and isolated power outages could occur.”
- Wind 55 mph Essex County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph Essex County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Essex County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Essex County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, March 15, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. WHERE...Portions of central, northern, and southern Vermont. WHEN...From 11 PM this evening to 11 AM EDT Tuesday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
- Wind 50 mph Essex County NWS severe weather mention
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in Essex County, VT?
The most recent recorded event was in August 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 51 severe weather events in Essex County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Has there been hail in Essex County recently?
Yes — 26 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 0.88" recorded.
How do I check whether a specific address was affected?
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