Winter Weather, Hartford
- When
- March 3, 4:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hartford forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.819, -72.572 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in Connecticut, March 3, 1996
Two cold fronts swept across the state from west to east, bringing snow squalls accompanied by thunder between 5 and 6 AM. Visibility was reportedly reduced to zero with thunder and a heavy snow squall around 5:15 AM in the Hartford area.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 3
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BOX wrote it up.
Two cold fronts swept across the state from west to east, bringing snow squalls accompanied by thunder between 5 and 6 AM. Visibility was reportedly reduced to zero with thunder and a heavy snow squall around 5:15 AM in the Hartford area. More snow squalls accompanied the passage of an arctic cold front during the afternoon. Snowfall totals generally were less than one inch.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Weather, Tolland
- When
- March 3, 4:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Tolland forecast zone
Winter Weather, Windham
- When
- March 3, 4:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Windham forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.827, -71.977 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 3 to 4, 1996
- High Wind in Hawaii, March 3 to 4, 1996
- Flash Flood in Hawaii, March 3, 1996
- High Wind in Hawaii, March 3 to 4, 1996
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 3, 1996
- High Wind in Maryland, March 3, 1996
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, March 3, 1996
- High Wind in Florida, March 3, 1996
- Winter Storm in New York, March 3, 1996
- Winter Weather in Rhode Island, March 3, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 3 to 5, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, March 3 to 4, 1996
More
Every storm in Connecticut in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, March 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5546124, 5546125, 5546126.