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Maple sugaring in Bennington County, Vermont

Bennington County had 28 maple operations and 244,548 taps in the 2022 Census. Around Bennington, sap usually runs from February 19 to April 2. Here's the long-run pattern, 36 seasons of sap weather, and the outlook this week.
Too early to tapAbout 136 days until the usual start.
Sap starts
Feb 19
typical year
Season ends
Apr 2
about 6 weeks
Sap days / season
43.4
1991–2026 average
Taps, 2022
244,548
#10 of 12 in VT

Sap-flow outlook at Bennington right now

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Forecast for Bennington, VT

Updated Oct 6, 8:37 AM EDT

No freeze-thaw days in the forecast

freeze thaw 32°F

  1. WedOct 7
    32° / 64°

    0h below · 21h above

    No refreeze forecast
  2. ThuOct 8
    49° / 66°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  3. FriOct 9
    43° / 60°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  4. SatOct 10
    41° / 62°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  5. SunOct 11
    43° / 66°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  6. MonOct 12
    50° / 66°
    No refreeze forecast

Data: National Weather Service. Verdicts use freeze-thaw thresholds from maple field research; your woods may run a little differently.

When the sap runs

The sugaring calendar at Bennington

Freeze-thaw weather at Bennington peaks in the weeks of Mar 2 to Apr 6, which hold about 39% of a season's sap days. March is the busiest month.
Typical season: Feb 19 – Apr 20246Week of Dec 1: 2.3 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 8: 2.0 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 15: 1.9 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 22: 1.8 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 29: 1.5 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 5: 1.3 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 12: 1.5 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 19: 0.9 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 26: 1.3 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 2: 1.6 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 9: 1.8 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 16: 2.2 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 23: 1.9 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 2: 2.6 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 9: 2.7 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 16: 3.1 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 23: 3.2 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 30: 2.7 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 6: 2.9 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 13: 1.6 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 20: 1.3 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 27: 0.8 sap days on averageWeek of May 4: 0.1 sap days on averageWeek of May 11: 0.3 sap days on averageWeek of May 18: 0.1 sap days on averageWeek of May 25: 0.0 sap days on averageDecJanFebMarAprMaytaps in ~Feb 19
Average number of freeze-thaw sap days in each week of the season at Bennington, 1991–2026. A sap day is an overnight low under 30.2 °F followed by an afternoon high over 37.4 °F. The shaded band is the typical season.

Year-to-year spread

Opening signal
Median Mar 2; the middle half of seasons fell between Feb 24 and Mar 10. Earliest Feb 11 (2016), latest Mar 18 (1992).
Closing signal
Median Apr 5; middle half between Mar 28 and Apr 10. Earliest Mar 13 (2016), latest Apr 20 (2001).
Sap days by month
Dec20%Jan13%Feb17%Mar29%Apr19%May1%

36 seasons of sap weather

Bennington County seasons, 1991–2026

The best sap year at Bennington was 2012 with 64 freeze-thaw days; the leanest was 2011 with 30. Seasons that start early tend to end early too: the trees run on the swing between freezing nights and mild days, and heat ends it.
JanFebMarAprMaysap days20262026: Feb 27 – Mar 30, 31 sap days3120252025: Feb 24 – Mar 28, 32 sap days3220242024: Feb 12 – Mar 14, 40 sap days4020232023: Feb 25 – Apr 1, 58 sap days5820222022: Feb 20 – Mar 23, 45 sap days4520212021: Feb 28 – Apr 4, 34 sap days3420202020: Feb 14 – Mar 19, 55 sap days5520192019: Mar 5 – Apr 7, 43 sap days4320182018: Mar 9 – Apr 12, 48 sap days4820172017: Feb 27 – Apr 3, 43 sap days4320162016: Feb 11 – Mar 13, 52 sap days5220152015: Mar 15 – Apr 16, 30 sap days3020142014: Mar 10 – Apr 10, 46 sap days4620132013: Mar 9 – Apr 7, 45 sap days4520122012: Feb 13 – Mar 16, 64 sap days6420112011: Mar 8 – Apr 9, 30 sap days3020102010: Feb 24 – Mar 28, 35 sap days3520092009: Mar 2 – Apr 6, 41 sap days4120082008: Mar 7 – Apr 5, 39 sap days3920072007: Mar 10 – Apr 11, 43 sap days4320062006: Feb 19 – Mar 23, 45 sap days4520052005: Mar 4 – Mar 30, 50 sap days5020042004: Mar 6 – Apr 10, 37 sap days3720032003: Mar 11 – Apr 14, 33 sap days3320022002: Feb 27 – Mar 29, 53 sap days5320012001: Mar 17 – Apr 20, 31 sap days3120002000: Feb 16 – Mar 21, 46 sap days4619991999: Mar 1 – Apr 5, 55 sap days5519981998: Feb 23 – Mar 26, 46 sap days4619971997: Mar 12 – Apr 16, 41 sap days4119961996: Mar 14 – Apr 16, 46 sap days4619951995: Feb 19 – Mar 26, 49 sap days4919941994: Mar 12 – Apr 9, 39 sap days3919931993: Mar 12 – Apr 8, 39 sap days3919921992: Mar 18 – Apr 17, 47 sap days4719911991: Feb 28 – Apr 4, 51 sap days51
Each bar runs from the season's opening signal to its closing signal, estimated from daily temperatures at Bennington. Dashed lines mark the typical dates. The right column counts freeze-thaw sap days from December through May.

Maple production

Bennington County in the Census of Agriculture

USDA counts maple operations every five years. In Bennington County the 2022 Census found 28 farms making syrup (-10% since 2017), with taps +151% and syrup output +146% over the same five years. That works out to about 0.25 gallons of syrup per tap in 2022 (0.26 in 2017). Among the 385 counties in this atlas, Bennington County ranks 15 by taps.

Bennington County maple production, 2017 and 2022 (USDA Census of Agriculture)
Census yearFarmsTapsGallons of syrupGal / tap
202228244,54861,1750.25
20173197,38524,8870.26

Nearby

Neighboring maple counties

Distances are between reference towns; typical dates are each county's own estimate.

About these numbers

The season dates are estimated from 36 seasons of daily high and low temperatures for the PRISM 4-km grid cell at Bennington (840ft), scored with the same freeze-thaw rule as our live forecast: a sap day is an overnight low under 30.2 °F followed by an afternoon high over 37.4 °F. Each season's closing signal is the last sap day before accumulated warmth reaches a threshold, and the opening signal sits five weeks before that, never earlier than the first real freeze-thaw week. Tested against 117 state-seasons of USDA-reported dates, the rule lands within 5.5 days of the reported close and 6.6 days of the reported opening on average, and the typical dates shown here are scaled to Vermont's USDA record (12 years). Production figures are copied from the Census as published. Full method, calibration tables and the downloadable dataset →

Sources · 6

  1. 1.2022 Census of Agriculture, County Level Data — Vermont, Table 37: Maple Syrup, 2022 and 2017 · USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
  2. 2.PRISM daily temperature grids (AN81d, 4 km), accessed 2026-10-05 · PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu
  3. 3.Applied Climate Information System (ACIS) web services · NOAA Regional Climate Centers
  4. 4.USDA NASS maple syrup reports — approximate average season opened and closed dates, 2011–2022 · USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (mirrored by the University of Vermont)
  5. 5.Sap flow in sugar maple: timing and weather drivers (Frontiers in Agronomy, 2025) · de Lima Santos et al.
  6. 6.GeoNames gazetteer (cities500), CC BY 4.0 · GeoNames

FAQ

Bennington County sugaring questions

When should I tap maple trees in Bennington County, Vermont?
In a typical year the sap starts running around February 19 near Bennington and the season winds down around April 2. Have your taps in a day or two before the first forecast string of freezing nights and 40 °F days. In the past 36 seasons the weather signal came as early as Feb 11 and as late as Mar 18.
How much maple syrup does Bennington County produce?
The 2022 Census of Agriculture counted 28 maple operations in Bennington County with 244,548 taps producing 61,175 gallons of syrup, ranking 10 of 12 Vermont's counties with published tap counts.
How many sap days does Bennington County get in a season?
On average 43.4 freeze-thaw sap days from December through May at Bennington, of which about 12.4 are textbook days with a night in the 20s and a day in the 40s. The best season since 1991 was 2012 (64 sap days); the leanest was 2011 (30).
Where do these dates come from?
From 36 seasons of daily high and low temperatures at Bennington (PRISM 4-km grid), scored with the same freeze-thaw rule as our live forecast, then calibrated against USDA's reported season dates for Vermont. They describe a typical year at one point in the county; your sugarbush, slope and elevation can shift them by days.

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