000 NOUS41 KBTV 080600 PNSBTV NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-081500- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1259 AM EST TUE FEB 8 2005 ...RECORD TYING DRY PERIOD DURING WINTER MONTHS AT BURLINGTON VERMONT... THE LAST OCCURRENCE OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION AT THE BURLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 12 DAYS AGO ON JANUARY 27TH. THIS 12 DAY STRETCH OF DRY WEATHER TIES THE RECORD FOR MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITHOUT PRECIPITATION DURING THE WINTER MONTHS OF DECEMBER... JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. THERE HAS BEEN ONLY 2 OTHER TIMES THIS HAS OCCURRED...THE MOST RECENT BEING FEBRUARY 14TH THROUGH 25TH IN 1987...AND BEFORE THAT FEBRUARY 14TH THROUGH 25TH IN 1905. $$ LAHIFF/WFO BTV