Barre, Vermont VT Hotels/Motels/Lodging

This is the current conditions weather report for Barre. The report was made 56 minutes ago, at 04:51 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 10 miles per hour / 16.7 kilometers per hour with gusts up to 10 miles per hour / 16.7 kilometers per hour from the westnorthwest (290°). The temperature was 27°F / -3°C, with a dew-point at 27°F / -3°C. The temperature felt like 18°F / -8°C. The atmospheric pressure was 30.09 inHg / 1020 hPa. The relative humidity was 50%. The skies were overcast.

Barre is a city in Washington County, Vermont, in the United States. The city is the largest town in the Micropolitan area of Barre. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 9,291. Barre City is almost completely surrounded by Barre (town), Vermont, which is incorporated separately from the City of Barre.

Barre is the self proclaimed "Granite Center of the World." Initially established with the discovery of vast granite deposits at Millstone Hill soon after the War of 1812, the granite industry and the City itself saw a boom with the arrival of the railroad. The fame of this vast deposit of granite, which some geologist say is 4 miles long, 2 miles wide and 10 miles deep, soon spread to Europe and Canada. Large numbers of people migrated to Barre from Italy, Scotland, Spain, Scandinavia, Greece, Lebanon, Canada and a number of other countries. The population increased from 2,060 in 1880, to 6,790 in 1890, to 10,000 in 1894. By the turn of the century Barre was noted as the State's most diverse municipality.

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