List of Connecticut weather records

The following is a list of Connecticut weather records observed at various stations across the state during the last 100 years. Connecticut is a state in the Northeast region of the United States.

Temperature

Köppen climate types in Connecticut
Event Measurement Date Location
Highest Temperature 106 °F (41 °C) 23 August 1916 Torrington, CT [1]
15 July 1995 Danbury, CT
Lowest Temperature −32 °F (−36 °C) 16 February 1943 Norfolk, CT “The Ice Box of CT” [1]
22 January 1961 Coventry, CT

Precipitation

Rain

Event Measurement Date Location
Most rain in 24 hours 12.77 in (32.4 cm) 19 August 1955 Burlington, CT[1][2]

Snow

Radar image showing the intensity of the snowfall over Connecticut the evening of 8 February 2013.[3]
Event Measurement Date Location
Most snow, 24 hours 36 inches (91 cm) 8–9 February 2013 Ansonia, CT[1][3]

Tornadoes

Further information: List of Connecticut tornadoes
A map of towns which reported damage. Not all of these damage areas were definitely tornadic, and some tornadoes hit more than one town.[4][5]

Between 1953 and 2004, there was an average of one tornado per year within Connecticut.[6]

Event Date Location
Earliest recorded tornado outbreak Four-State Tornado Swarm 15 August 1787 New England[7]
Event Date Location
Deadliest tornado Wallingford tornado 34 9 August 1878 Southern Connecticut[8]

See also

General

Large-scale events that affected Connecticut

Further reading

  • Juliano, Frank (26 January 2015). "A look back at historic snow storms". Connecticut Post. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  • "Connecticut Weather Records". courant.com. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "State Climate Extremes Committee (SCEC) – Extremes". www.ncdc.noaa.gov (table). National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  2. ^ "All-Time Climate Extremes for CT". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on 2 November 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  3. ^ a b Gleason, Karin (29 April 2013). "SCEC Decision: New record 24-hour snowfall for Connecticut" (Memorandum). www.ncdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  4. ^ Grazulis, Thomas P (July 1993). Significant Tornadoes 1680–1991. St. Johnsbury, VT: The Tornado Project of Environmental Films. p. 553. ISBN 1-879362-03-1.
  5. ^ Ludlum, David McWilliams (1970). Early American Tornadoes 1586–1870. Boston, MA: American Meteorological Society. p. 12. ISBN 0-933876-32-7.
  6. ^ "Annual average number of tornadoes". NOAA National Climatic Data Center. Archived from the original (GIF) on 30 October 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  7. ^ Tornado: Largest Tornado Outbreak Archived 26 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Arizona State University. Accessed 25 June 2009.
  8. ^ "The Most 'Important' US Tornadoes by State". www.tornadoproject.com. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
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