Storms in Connecticut in 1996
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Connecticut in 1996, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.
Connecticut in 1996 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 292
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 7
- Damage
- $13 million
- Episodes
- 171
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Snow | 62 | 0 | 0 | $6.1 million |
| Flood | 44 | 0 | 0 | $580,000 |
| High Wind | 39 | 3 | 5 | $2.6 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 37 | 0 | 1 | $62,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 28 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 24 | 0 | 0 | $1.6 million |
| Coastal Flood | 20 | 1 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 9 | 1 | 0 | $16,000 |
| Blizzard | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 7 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Hail | 6 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Winter Weather | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 1 | $2,000 |
| Tornado | 2 | 0 | 0 | $2.0 million |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, January 2 to 3, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, January 2 to 3, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, January 3, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, January 3, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, January 3, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, January 3, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Blizzard in Connecticut, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Blizzard in Connecticut, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Blizzard in Connecticut, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Blizzard in Connecticut, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Blizzard in Connecticut, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Blizzard in Connecticut, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Blizzard in Connecticut, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Blizzard in Connecticut, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, January 12 to 13, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 12, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 12, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 12, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 12, 1996
- High Wind in Connecticut, January 19, 1996
- High Wind in Connecticut, January 19, 1996
- High Wind in Connecticut, January 19, 1996
- Flooding in Connecticut, January 19 to 20, 1996
- High Wind in Connecticut, January 19, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 19 to 20, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, January 19, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, January 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, January 19, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 19 to 21, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 20 to 24, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 24 to 25, 1996
- High Wind in Connecticut, January 27, 1996
- High Wind in Connecticut, January 27, 1996
- High Wind in Connecticut, January 27, 1996
- High Wind in Connecticut, January 27, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 27 to 29, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 27 to 30, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 28 to 30, 1996
February 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, February 2 to 3, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, February 2 to 3, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, February 3, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Connecticut, February 11, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, February 16 to 17, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, February 16 to 17, 1996
- High Wind in Connecticut, February 24 to 25, 1996
- High Wind in Connecticut, February 25, 1996
- High Wind in Connecticut, February 25, 1996
March 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, March 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, March 2, 1996
- Winter Weather in Connecticut, March 3, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, March 7 to 8, 1996
- Winter Storm in Connecticut, March 7 to 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, March 7 to 8, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Connecticut, March 19 to 20, 1996
April 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, April 7 to 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, April 9 to 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, April 9 to 10, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, April 16, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, April 16 to 17, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, April 16 to 17, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, April 16 to 17, 1996
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, April 16, 1996
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, April 16, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, April 16 to 17, 1996
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, April 16, 1996
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, April 16, 1996
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, April 16, 1996
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, April 16, 1996
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, April 16, 1996
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, April 16, 1996
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, April 16, 1996
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, April 16, 1996
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, April 16, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, April 16 to 17, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, April 17 to 30, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, April 17 to 19, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, April 17 to 18, 1996
May 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, May 1 to 7, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, May 1 to 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 11, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, May 12 to 15, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, May 12 to 17, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 21, 1996
June 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, June 3, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, June 3, 1996
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, June 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, June 13, 1996
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, June 13, 1996
July 1996
- Tornado in Connecticut, July 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 3, 1996
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, July 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 8, 1996
- Tornado and Hail in Connecticut, July 9, 1996
- Hail in Connecticut, July 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 9, 1996
- Funnel Cloud in Connecticut, July 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 9, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, July 13, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, July 13, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, July 13, 1996
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, July 13, 1996
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, July 13, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, July 13 to 14, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, July 16 to 17, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 25, 1996
August 1996
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, August 4, 1996
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, August 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, August 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Connecticut, August 24, 1996
September 1996
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, September 16 to 18, 1996
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, September 17 to 18, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, September 17 to 18, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, September 17 to 18, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, September 17 to 18, 1996
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, September 28, 1996
October 1996
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, October 8 to 9, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, October 19 to 20, 1996
- High Wind in Connecticut, October 19, 1996
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, October 19, 1996
- Flash Flooding in Connecticut, October 19, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Connecticut, October 19, 1996
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, October 20, 1996
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, October 20, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, October 20 to 21, 1996
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, October 20, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, October 20 to 21, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, October 21 to 22, 1996
November 1996
December 1996
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, December 1 to 2, 1996
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, December 2, 1996
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, December 2, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, December 2, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, December 2 to 3, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, December 3 to 6, 1996
- Winter Storm in Connecticut, December 6, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, December 6, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Connecticut, December 6, 1996
- Winter Storm in Connecticut, December 7 to 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, December 7 to 8, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Connecticut, December 7 to 8, 1996
- Winter Storm in Connecticut, December 8, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Connecticut, December 13, 1996
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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.