Editing Orleans County, Vermont (section)

===Climate===
The average growing season is about 130 frost-free days in the Newport area.<ref>[http://www.eh.doe.gov/nepa/ea/EA1503/Chapter%203,%20affected%20environment.pdf Draft Environmental Assessment] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626005546/http://www.eh.doe.gov/nepa/ea/EA1503/Chapter%203,%20affected%20environment.pdf |date=June 26, 2008 }} retrieved May 28, 2008</ref> As this is the lowest point in the county, the growing season for other places in the county which are more elevated, is typically shorter.

Tornadoes have struck the county four times from 1950 to 1995, all rated [[Fujita scale|F1]], with one causing an injury.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/vttorn.htm#Orleans|title=Vermont Tornadoes|website=www.tornadoproject.com}}</ref> This level is 2.7 times below the national average.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/county/Orleans_County-VT.html|title=Orleans County, Vermont detailed profile - houses, real estate, cost of living, wages, work, agriculture, ancestries, and more|website=www.city-data.com}}</ref>

On February 5, 1995, [[Jay Peak (Vermont)|Jay Peak]] received {{convert|42.0|in|cm}} of snow, the greatest daily snowfall recorded for any location in Vermont.<ref name=snowrecord>{{cite news |title=Vermont 1-Day Snowfall Extremes |work= National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher= National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date= February 21, 2021 |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/snow-and-ice/snowfall-extremes/VT/1}}</ref>

====Climate change====
In the 20th century, the county was designated in [[Hardiness zone#Updates|hardiness as a Zone Three]]. Most plants that would normally be tolerant up to Zone Four, do well there in 2014; even some that are Zone Five. Growing seasons have been increasing by 3.7 days a decade since 1974.<ref>{{Cite news | first=Tena | last=Starr | title=Climate change has arrived in Vermont | newspaper=The Chronicle | location=Barton, Vermont | pages= 1A | date=June 19, 2014 }}</ref><!---no softcopy for this as of June 19. Might be added later--->