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	Falls Village, CT	[1]
		22 January 1961	Coventry, CT

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

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 the 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

• List of weather records

Large-scale events that affected Connecticut

• Hurricane Sandy
• 2011 Halloween nor'easter
• 1938 New England hurricane
• Great Blizzard of 1888

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. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

References

1. "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. 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 United State's Worst Tornadoes". www.tornadoproject.com. Retrieved 3 June 2019.