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In 1945, after record warmth in April. higher elevations in southern Vermont were blanketed in snow on this date. 15 inches was reported in Wilmington and Somerset, 13 inches in Cavendish, and 10 inches in Dorset. The late-season snowstorm was followed by a hard freeze the next morning, with temperatures as low as 25 degrees in Cavendish and Chelsea, VT, and 24 in Bloomfield, VT on the far northern reaches of the Connecticut River.