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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
15 July 1995 Danbury, CT
Lowest Temperature −32 °F (−36 °C) 16 February 1943 Norfolk, CT “The Ice Box of CT”
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

Snow

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

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.

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

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

See also

General

Large-scale events that affected Connecticut

Further reading

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 Most 'Important' US Tornadoes by State". www.tornadoproject.com. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
Weather records in the United States
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