Tornado, Fairfield
- When
- August 4, 5:15 AM EST
- Where
- Fairfield County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 41.250, -73.220
Tornadoes and Hail in Connecticut, August 4, 1992
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $250
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, New Haven
- When
- August 4, 5:30 AM PST
- Where
- New Haven County
- Coordinates
- 41.270, -73.030
Tornado, Hartford
- When
- August 4, 2:05 PM EST
- Where
- Hartford County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.770, -72.630
Hail, Hartford
- When
- August 4, 1:36 PM CST
- Where
- Hartford County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -72.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Hartford
- When
- August 4, 2:21 PM PST
- Where
- Hartford County
- Coordinates
- 41.770, -72.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Tolland
- When
- August 4, 2:33 PM PST
- Where
- Tolland County
- Coordinates
- 41.820, -72.480
Thunderstorm Wind, New Haven
- When
- August 4, 4:25 PM PST
- Where
- New Haven County
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -72.830
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, August 4, 1992
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Maryland, August 4, 1992
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, August 4, 1992
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 4, 1992
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 4, 1992
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 4, 1992
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 4, 1992
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, August 4, 1992
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 4, 1992
- Damaging Winds in Delaware, August 4, 1992
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 4, 1992
- Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, August 4, 1992
More
Every storm in Connecticut in 1992Every state in 1992This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Connecticut, 1992Warnings in Connecticut, August 1992
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 9986215, 9986216, 9986217, 10157148, 9986218, 9986219, 9986220.