VERMONT ALMANAC | DECEMBER 25

DAY LENGTH DECEMBER 25, 2000
8 hours 51 minutes

WARMEST CHRISTMAS: 62°AT BURLINGTON IN 1964
BITTEREST CHRISTMAS: -25° AT BURLINGTON IN 1980
SNOWIEST CHRISTMAS: 16.9" AT BURLINGTON IN 1978

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Sun and Moon Data

DECEMBER 25, 2000 in Burlington, VT
Sunrise	7:28 a.m.
Sunset	4:19 p.m.
Moonrise	7:18 a.m.

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National Weather Service in Burlington reports these records for December 25 as of 2000:

NORMAL
14°F to 30°F
Average 22°F

RECORD HIGH
62°F in 1964

RECORD LOW
-25°F in 1980

NORMAL PRECIPITATION
0.07"

MOST PRECIPITATION
0.76" in 1978

MOST SNOW
16.9" in 1978

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THE VERMONT WEATHER BOOK by David Ludlum (Vermont Historical Society, 1996) lists the following Historic Weather Events for December 25:

December 25, 1872
Coldest Christmas: -45° at Lunenburg; said to be -54° near Stratford, N.H.; “coldest spell since January 1844”; -41° at Woodstock, -40° at Randolph.

December 25, 1964
Warmest Christmas: 62° at Burlington set date and late-season record; Dorset 67°, Bennington 66°, but cold on east side of mountains where Vernon had 39° maximum.

December 25, 1980
Bitterest Christmas Day: Burlington fell from a midnight reading of -5° to a next-midnight reading of -25°; Mt. Mansfield dropped to -38°; snow fell across state; with a maximum of 4.5" at Enosburg Falls.

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