Extreme Cold Watch, Vermont
SevereDangerously cold wind chills as low as 30 to 35 below zero possible. The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 35 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes.
Ended Thursday, January 22, 2026.
Replaced by the Extreme Cold Warning on Thursday, January 22, 12:34 in the afternoon.
- Issued
- Expires
- Updated
Places in this watch
- Bennington
- Manchester Center
- North Bennington
- Arlington
- Manchester
- South Shaftsbury
- Pownal
- Stamford
- Wilmington
- Pownal Center
- Dorset
- Stratton Mountain
- North Pownal
- Readsboro
- East Dorset
- Chimney Hill
- Jacksonville
- Townshend
- Londonderry
- Jamaica
- Old Bennington
- South Londonderry
- Harmonyville
- Whitingham
- Newfane
- Wardsboro
- Grafton
Map
- This watch
- Interstates
- US highways
Details from the National Weather Service
- What
- Dangerously cold wind chills as low as 30 to 35 below zero possible.
- Where
- In New York, Northern Warren, Hamilton, Northern Fulton, and Northern Herkimer Counties. In Vermont, Bennington and Western Windham Counties.
- When
- From Friday evening through Saturday afternoon.
- Impacts
- The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 35 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes. Frostbite and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin is exposed to these temperatures.
- Additional details
- The coldest wind chills are expected in the Adirondack Mountains in New York, and in the southern Green Mountains in Vermont.
Updates
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 22, 2026
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Extreme Cold Watch issued for Friday evening through Saturday afternoon. January 21, 2026