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600–3,300 ft · VT🚗 Directions
Northeast Kingdom (NEK) — remote northern Vermont with spruce-fir boreal forest and northern hardwoods. Willoughby State Forest and Victory State Forest. Later morel season than southern VT — mid-May to mid-June in birch-aspen clearings along logging roads. Chanterelles and hedgehog mushrooms in mossy conifer forests. One of the least developed regions in New England. Cold, snowy winters push spring emergence late.
Updated May 29, 4:13 AM MT
Precip 7d
Observed precipitation from PRISM 4km gridded analysis, sampled at the region centroid through 2026-05-27. Used when no SNOTEL/SCAN station is mapped to this region.1.33"
PRISM 4km · thru 05-27
Precip 14d
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3.07"
PRISM 4km · thru 05-27
Soil Temp
50°F
SWE
Snow Water Equivalent — how much water is in the snowpack vs. normal. Declining SWE means snowmelt is adding moisture to the soil.0%
Drought
None
Snowmelt
complete
soil warming up (50°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil temp marginal (50°F vs 55°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil temp marginal (50°F vs 55°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil temp marginal (50°F vs 55°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil temp marginal (50°F vs 55°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil temp marginal (50°F vs 55°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil temp marginal (50°F vs 55°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil temp marginal (50°F vs 55°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil too cold (50°F, 1/7 days above 58°F), insufficient moisture (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil temp marginal (50°F vs 55°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil temp marginal (50°F vs 55°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil temp marginal (50°F vs 55°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil temp marginal (50°F vs 55°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil warming up (50°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil temp marginal (50°F vs 55°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil temp marginal (50°F vs 55°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil temp marginal (50°F vs 55°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil warming up (50°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil temp marginal (50°F vs 55°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil temp marginal (50°F vs 55°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil temp marginal (50°F vs 55°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil temp marginal (50°F vs 55°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil temp marginal (50°F vs 55°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil temp marginal (50°F vs 55°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil temp marginal (50°F vs 55°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil temp marginal (50°F vs 55°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil temp marginal (50°F vs 55°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil temp marginal (50°F vs 55°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil temp marginal (50°F vs 55°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil temp marginal (50°F vs 55°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
soil warming up (50°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)
Primordia readiness: Cold = mycelium dormant. Activating = soil warming, primordia building. Primed = 5+ sustained warm days at species threshold; fruiting imminent if moisture cooperates. Based on Schmidt 1983 / Mihail 2007.