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| A thunderstorm begins to loom over Lake Champlain boaters near Alburgh, Vermont on May 16. |
They didn't happen all that frequently and there were only a couple of really damaging outbreaks, one one May 17, the other on July 10.
As you'll see by the photos, July 10 was my favorite storm day of 2025. The only thing I hated was the resulting flash flood in the Northeast Kingdom.
I love to go out and storm chase. That might seem a little silly in Vermont, given our relative lack of dramatic storms.
It also didn't help that wildfire smoke sometimes obscured some of the best summertime storm clouds this year.
It also didn't help that the August drought meant there were precious few thunderstorms to photograph.
Being in Vermont, it's highly unlikely I'll ever get much in the way of striking images that show tornadoes, gorilla hail or high speed winds raking the landscape.
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| Georgia, Vermont, June 18 |
Vermont thunderstorms are usually gorgeous, no matter how dark the clouds.
Sure, they are dangerous sometimes. But you can't escape their allure.
I sometimes make YouTube videos of them, too, complete with those pretty clouds, thunder, rain, and sometimes wind.
Some examples of this year's videos are here, here, here and here.
I think the summer thunderstorm season is over. Though sometimes we can get September surprises, so I'll keep my eyes out.
All the photos in this post had no or zero editing.
Scroll down through this post and let me know which photos in this post you like the most.
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| Charlotte, Vermont, June 24 |
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| Jeffersonville, Vermont, July 10 |
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| St. Albans, Vermont, July 10 |
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| St. Albans, Vermont, July 10 |
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| Georgia, Vermont, July 13 |
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| Georgia, Vermont, July 13 |
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| Swanton, Vermont, July 17 |
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| St. Albans, Vermont, August 29 |
They are all fantastic photos! Hard to choose. Thank you for your blog!
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