An arctic cold front swept across Vermont during the afternoon and evening of the 5th and delivered frigid temperatures along with blustery winds. Temperatures plummeted to below zero just after midnight on the 6th and were 5 to 20 degrees below zero by dawn. These frigid temperatures, accompanied by winds of 15 to 30 mph created dangerously cold wind chills of 20 to 40 degrees below zero. Brisk winds with temperatures around zero continued through the daylight hours of the 6th with wind chill readings in the 20s to around 30 degrees below zero. The winds subsided after sunset on the 6th but it remained extremely cold through the morning of the 7th with overnight minimum temperatures of 10 to 30 degrees below zero.
Some morning lows on the 6th included: -20 degrees at East Albany (Orleans), -15 degrees at Sutton (Caledonia) and Eden (Lamoille), -12 degrees at Island Pond (Essex), Chelsea (Orange), Newport (Orleans) and Waitsfield (Washington) with -11 degrees at South Lincoln (Addison), Hanksville and Westford (Chittenden), -10 degrees at St. Albans (Franklin), Alburg (Grand Isle) and Danby (Rutland) and -8 degrees in Rochester (Windsor).
Some morning lows on the 7th included: -35 degrees in East Haven and Island Pond (Essex), -32 degrees in Gallup Mills (Essex), -30 degrees in Canaan (Essex), -27 degrees in Morrisville (Lamoille), -25 degrees in Waitsfield (Washington) and Bethel (Windsor), -24 degrees in St. Johnsbury (Caledonia) and Plainfield (Washington), -21 degrees in Sutton (Caledonia), Hanksville (Chittenden), Union Village (Orange), Newport (Orleans), Northfield (Washington) and Rochester (Windsor), -20 degrees in Cornwall and South Lincoln (Addison), Essex Junction (Chittenden), East Albany (Orleans) and Woodstock (Windsor), -19 degrees in Alburg (Grand Isle), Rutland (Rutland) and -18 degrees at the NWS office in South Burlington (Chittenden).

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in EASTERN FRANKLIN, VERMONT
From 06-MAR-07 00:00:00 to 06-MAR-07 22:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in EASTERN CHITTENDEN, VERMONT
From 06-MAR-07 00:00:00 to 06-MAR-07 22:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in EASTERN ADDISON, VERMONT
From 06-MAR-07 00:00:00 to 06-MAR-07 22:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in CALEDONIA, VERMONT
From 06-MAR-07 00:00:00 to 06-MAR-07 22:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in WESTERN FRANKLIN, VERMONT
From 06-MAR-07 00:00:00 to 06-MAR-07 19:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in EASTERN RUTLAND, VERMONT
From 06-MAR-07 03:00:00 to 06-MAR-07 19:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in WESTERN ADDISON, VERMONT
From 06-MAR-07 00:00:00 to 06-MAR-07 19:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in LAMOILLE, VERMONT
From 06-MAR-07 00:00:00 to 06-MAR-07 22:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in WESTERN CHITTENDEN, VERMONT
From 06-MAR-07 00:00:00 to 06-MAR-07 19:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in ORANGE, VERMONT
From 06-MAR-07 03:00:00 to 06-MAR-07 19:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in WINDSOR, VERMONT
From 06-MAR-07 03:00:00 to 06-MAR-07 19:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in ORLEANS, VERMONT
From 06-MAR-07 00:00:00 to 06-MAR-07 22:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in WESTERN RUTLAND, VERMONT
From 06-MAR-07 03:00:00 to 06-MAR-07 19:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in WASHINGTON, VERMONT
From 06-MAR-07 00:00:00 to 06-MAR-07 22:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in ESSEX, VERMONT
From 06-MAR-07 00:00:00 to 06-MAR-07 22:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in GRAND ISLE, VERMONT
From 06-MAR-07 00:00:00 to 06-MAR-07 19:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer