High Wind, Northern Fairfield
- When
- January 27, 8:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Fairfield forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.285, -73.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Connecticut, January 27, 1996
7 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- None recorded
- 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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Northern New Haven
- When
- January 27, 8:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern New Haven forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.443, -72.965 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Northern Middlesex
- When
- January 27, 8:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Middlesex forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.451, -72.508 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Northern New London
- When
- January 27, 8:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern New London forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.504, -72.101 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Fairfield
- When
- January 27, 8:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Fairfield forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.285, -73.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern New Haven
- When
- January 27, 8:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern New Haven forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.443, -72.965 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Middlesex
- When
- January 27, 8:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Middlesex forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.451, -72.508 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flooding in New Jersey, January 27 to 31, 1996
- Flooding in Maine, January 27 to 30, 1996
- High Wind in New York, January 27, 1996
- Flooding in New York, January 27, 1996
- High Wind in New York, January 27, 1996
- High Wind in Vermont, January 27, 1996
- Flooding in New York, January 27 to 28, 1996
- High Wind in Maine, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flooding in New York, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, January 27, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 27 to 30, 1996
More
Every storm in Connecticut in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, January 1996
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: 5562169, 5562170, 5562171, 5562172, 5562173, 5562174, 5562175.