About This Weather Station
The weather data displayed on this website is produced by an Ultimeter 2000 weather station located in Newport, VT (KVTNEWP03). The data is collected nearly every second while being updated to this site in near real-time. Weather data is collected using the latest version of Weather Display Software. The station comprises of an anemometer, rain gauge and a thermo-hydro sensor situated in optimal positions for the highest accuracy possible. In addition, three weather cameras are located in various locations to record weather events as they happen. This weather station has been in continuous operation since 1999 with online weather records dating back to 2004. These records are available from Weather Underground, where you can also view this stations RapidFire Weather Data in real time. Weather Station History for KVTNEWP03.
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Here you will find easy to understand weather information and conditions from across Vermont and the Northeast Kingdom. Vermont is well known for its wide and varied climate, from valley locations to mountain peaks. The weather here is certainty far from boring! Summer temperatures can top out around 100 degrees while during the deepest part of winter, the temperature can plummet as low as 50 degrees below zero in some of the more remote locations, such as the Northeast Kingdom. Severe thunderstorms, floods, blizzards, cold waves, heat waves, and even an occasional tornado occur during the course of any given year.
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About Newport City
In 1753, the Abenakis brought the ransomed John Stark down Lake Memphremagog and came ashore where Newport is now. They then traveled southeast to his home in New Hampshire. Rogers' Rangers were forced to retreat through the county following their attack on Saint-Francis, Quebec in 1759. To confound their avenging pursuers, they split up on the east shore of Lake Memphremagog. One group followed the Clyde River east. Another followed the Barton River south. The village was first called Pickeral Point, but later renamed Lake Bridge for its location at the head of Lake Memphremagog. In the early 1800s, the women of pioneer Calvin Arnold's household, refused to live in the Arnold house near what is now Clyde Pond, because of depredations by the Indians. By the late 1800s, the Boston & Maine and Central Vermont railroads were routed through Lake Bridge and the small village experienced a population boom. In 1868, the Lake Bridge settlement was incorporated as the Village of Newport. It became a busy lumber town. The firm of Prouty & Miller, a lumbering firm, was started in 1865. With the end of the lumbering concentration in Vermont, it went out of business in the 1980s.
The Lady of the Lake steam excursion/ferry boat started operating in 1867. It stopped operations in 1917. This is used as Newport's logo. In 1868, a livery stable that would ultimately grow to 100 horses, started operating behind a hotel, several blocks from the railway station. The Newport Wharf Light was a tower built on Lake Memphremagog in 1879. It has since been demolished. The now-historic Goodrich Memorial Library was built in 1899. In 1917, the city of Newport was formed from portions of the towns of Newport (former village of Newport) and Derby (former village of West Derby). It was organized on March 5, 1918. Main Street in c. 1908 Between 1936 and 1953, the International Club in Newport had the largest dance floor in New England, capable of holding 2,000 dancers. Various performers stopped to entertain while enroute between Boston and Montreal on the railroad. These included: Louis Armstrong, Charlie Barnet, Les Brown, Cab Calloway, Rosemary Clooney, the Dorsey Brothers, Jimmy and Tommy; Stan Kenton, Kay Kyser, Gene Krupa, Glenn Miller, Tony Pastor, and Louis Prima.
From its founding, Newport's population plateaued around 5,000 people until 1950 when it started dropping. It reached bottom in 1990 at 4,434. In 2000 it still had not reached it's 1950 high which was 5,217. In 2003, the Newport-headquartered Citizens Utility was sold and divided up among Great Bay Hydro and Vermont Electric Cooperative.
Source: Wikipedia.com