Chittenden County
Snow plowing in
Winooski, Vermont
Snow plowing in Winooski covers compact driveways, apartment parking, storefront access, walkways, and private lots in Vermont’s densest city.
Local operating question
What is different about a Winooski stop?
Winooski has a standing downtown winter parking ban and can issue broader overnight bans for snow removal. Its compact street grid and high parking demand leave little room for private-site snow storage. Map where residents or customers can move vehicles, protect building egress and sidewalks, and set a trigger for relocating piles before they block stalls, sightlines, or the only legal stacking pocket. Winooski's standing downtown parking ban and very limited private storage mean a plan has to identify exactly where displaced snow can legally sit before the first storm, not during it. A compact lot near Main Street or the traffic circle runs out of stacking room faster than almost any other town in the service area. Confirm the relocation trigger and who notifies residents, since a missed vehicle move can block an entire pass.
How snow affects a Winooski lot
Across the river from Burlington, Winooski takes the airport's numbers: 87.5 inches of snow and 89 days of snow cover.
I-89, US 2, US 7 and VT 15 all reach this small city. Every block is close to a plowed road.
The Winooski River and the Winooski Upper Reservoir lie within the town, and the 2019 plan records the 1927 flood that took out the Main Street bridge.
With 57 ice days a year, meltwater on a shared lot refreezes often.
What Winooski properties look like
Burlington next door records the same snow and has more hill streets. Public plow berms and parked vehicles decide the visit order here. Main Street, East Allen Street and Malletts Bay Avenue are the streets where berms and parked cars decide the visit order. Winooski had 7,997 people in 2020 on 1.5 square miles, the most densely populated municipality in northern New England. Most properties are apartment buildings and small lots with no room to stack, so hauling comes sooner here than anywhere else nearby, and on-street parking rules decide when a lot can be cleared.
For a Winooski lot, write down which cars have to move, and who tells the tenants. Model the Winooski lot in the snow-service planning range calculator.
| Condition | Near Winooski | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall | 87.5 inches a year (Burlington International Airport) | NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 (nearest station) |
| New-snow days | 23.1 a year | Same source |
| Snow-cover days | 89 a year | Same source |
| Ice days | 57 a year | Same source |
| Numbered highways | I-89, US 2, US 7 and VT 15 | US Census Bureau TIGER/Line map data |
| Named rivers | Winooski River | USGS National Hydrography Dataset |
| Lakes and ponds | Winooski Upper Reservoir | USGS Geographic Names Information System |
| Housing units | 3,269 homes | City of Winooski, 2019 Master Plan (adopted March 18, 2019) |
Parking bans and plowing rules in Winooski
Winooski's winter parking bans begin December 1 and end March 31. Overnight street parking from 2:30 to 6 a.m. is not allowed in the downtown area, and the city sends text alerts.
Snow plowing near Winooski
Planning also covers Essex, Essex Junction, Jericho, Underhill and Hinesburg, and the service-area directory lists every town.
Straight answers
Questions to settle before the snow flies
What should a Winooski plan know about winter parking and plowing?
Winter bans run from December 1 to March 31, and the downtown area bars overnight street parking from 2:30 to 6 a.m.