Storms in Connecticut in 1997
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Connecticut in 1997, 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 1997 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
- 164
- Deaths
- 6
- Injuries
- 6
- Damage
- $2.6 million
- Episodes
- 67
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 38 | 1 | 3 | $4,000 |
| High Wind | 21 | 0 | 1 | $12,000 |
| Hail | 21 | 0 | 2 | $20,000 |
| Strong Wind | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 14 | 2 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 10 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Heavy Snow | 10 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Coastal Flood | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 6 | 1 | 0 | $60,000 |
| Flash Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | $524,000 |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1997
February 1997
March 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Connecticut, March 6, 1997
- High Wind in Connecticut, March 6, 1997
- Winter Storm in Connecticut, March 14, 1997
- Ice Storm in Connecticut, March 14 to 15, 1997
- Coastal Flood in Connecticut, March 31, 1997
- Winter Storm in Connecticut, March 31, 1997
- Heavy Snow and Strong Wind in Connecticut, March 31, 1997
April 1997
- Heavy Snow and Strong Wind in Connecticut, April 1, 1997
- Winter Storm in Connecticut, April 1, 1997
- Winter Storm in Connecticut, April 1, 1997
- Flood in Connecticut, April 8 to 11, 1997
- Flood in Connecticut, April 20 to 23, 1997
May 1997
- Hail in Connecticut, May 1, 1997
- Hail in Connecticut, May 1, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, May 6, 1997
- Hail in Connecticut, May 6, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 19, 1997
June 1997
- Lightning Strike in Connecticut, June 19, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, June 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, June 26, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, June 26, 1997
July 1997
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, July 7, 1997
- Hail in Connecticut, July 7, 1997
- Hail in Connecticut, July 7, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Connecticut, July 9, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 9, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, July 9, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, July 15, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 15, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, July 15, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 18, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, July 24 to 25, 1997
August 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, August 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Connecticut, August 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, August 3, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Connecticut, August 4, 1997
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, August 4, 1997
- Hail in Connecticut, August 5, 1997
- Hail in Connecticut, August 9, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, August 9, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, August 16, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, August 20 to 21, 1997
- Coastal Flood in Connecticut, August 20 to 21, 1997
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Connecticut, August 29, 1997
September 1997
November 1997
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, November 1, 1997
- High Wind in Connecticut, November 1, 1997
- High Wind in Connecticut, November 1, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Connecticut, November 4, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, November 7 to 9, 1997
- Winter Weather in Connecticut, November 13 to 14, 1997
- Winter Storm in Connecticut, November 14, 1997
- Coastal Flood in Connecticut, November 14, 1997
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, November 27, 1997
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, November 27, 1997
December 1997
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, December 2, 1997
- Winter Storm in Connecticut, December 10 to 11, 1997
- Winter Weather in Connecticut, December 10 to 11, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, December 10, 1997
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, December 14, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, December 23, 1997
- Winter Weather in Connecticut, December 24 to 25, 1997
- High Wind in Connecticut, December 29 to 30, 1997
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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.