Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Ludlow, VT

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Cavendish, VT, 6 miles southeast of Ludlow at 842 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 56°F; January is the coolest, at 30°F and 8°F. October is the wettest at 4.9 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.7 inches; the year adds up to 46.6 inches over 87 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 53% of the year's precipitation (24.8 of 46.6 inches); the other six months are drier. August has brought the most of the 22 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (8); a normal August there has highs of 81°F and 3.9 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 8 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 184 nights a year. Snowfall averages 83.3 inches a year, most of it in January. That 46.6 inches is more than at 26 of the 33 Vermont stations used on this site (79%). Chester, 11 miles south, has its own station (Springfield Hartness Airport, VT): 40.5 inches a year, 6.1 less than here, and a July average high of 81°F against 82°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 39 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Ludlow: 28 thunderstorm wind reports, 7 flash floods, 3 floods and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $1.5 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 115 mph, on July 21, 2003. July has had the most flash floods, 6 of 7. Of the 74 Vermont cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 15 have had fewer than Ludlow.

Flood insurance policyholders in Ludlow's ZIP code 05149 have filed 105 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1981, and were paid $7.2 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Irene in 2011: 48 claims (46% of all) and $2.8 million, then Vermont/New York Flooding in 2023 with 42. 90% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 43 Vermont cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 38 have fewer than Ludlow.