Hail in Connecticut, May 12, 1994

Name: Hail in Connecticut, May 12, 1994
Start: 1994-05-12T13:10
End: 1994-05-12T13:10
Location: Connecticut

May 12, 1994 · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Litchfield

When: May 12, 1:10 PM EST
Where: Litchfield County, New Milford
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 41.847, -73.221 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

State police reported that three-quarter-inch hail covered the ground in New Milford. There were numerous reports of pea-size hail in Litchfield, Hartford, and Tolland Counties.

What these are

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

Every storm in Connecticut in 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history Warnings in Connecticut, May 1994

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: 10318053.