Storms in Connecticut in 1998
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Connecticut in 1998, 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 1998 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
- 170
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $322,000
- Episodes
- 77
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 | 36 | 0 | 2 | $113,000 |
| Flash Flood | 21 | 0 | 0 | $54,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 15 | 1 | 2 | |
| Hail | 14 | 0 | 1 | $28,000 |
| Heat | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 7 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Ice Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 4 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1998
- Heat in Connecticut, January 3, 1998
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, January 8 to 9, 1998
- Flood in Connecticut, January 9 to 12, 1998
- Flood in Connecticut, January 10 to 11, 1998
- Winter Storm in Connecticut, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Ice Storm in Connecticut, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Ice Storm in Connecticut, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Flood in Connecticut, January 23 to 24, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Connecticut, January 23 to 24, 1998
February 1998
- Winter Weather in Connecticut, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, February 24 to 25, 1998
March 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Connecticut, March 8 to 12, 1998
- Flooding in Connecticut, March 9, 1998
- Flooding in Connecticut, March 9 to 11, 1998
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, March 9, 1998
- Winter Storm in Connecticut, March 14 to 15, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, March 18 to 19, 1998
- Winter Weather in Connecticut, March 21 to 22, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, March 21 to 22, 1998
- Heat in Connecticut, March 27 to 31, 1998
- Heat in Connecticut, March 27, 1998
- Heat in Connecticut, March 28, 1998
- Flood in Connecticut, March 30 to 31, 1998
- Heat in Connecticut, March 31, 1998
April 1998
- Flood in Connecticut, April 1 to 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Connecticut, April 1, 1998
- Hail in Connecticut, April 2, 1998
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, April 23, 1998
May 1998
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, May 6, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, May 9 to 10, 1998
- Flood and Heavy Rain in Connecticut, May 9 to 13, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Connecticut, May 20, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, May 29, 1998
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Connecticut, May 29, 1998
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Connecticut, May 29, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 31, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 31, 1998
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Connecticut, May 31, 1998
June 1998
- Lightning Strike in Connecticut, June 2, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, June 13 to 14, 1998
- Flood in Connecticut, June 13, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flood in Connecticut, June 14 to 20, 1998
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, June 18, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, June 18, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Connecticut, June 19, 1998
- Hail in Connecticut, June 20, 1998
- Hail in Connecticut, June 20, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Connecticut, June 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Connecticut, June 30, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, June 30, 1998
July 1998
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, July 1, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Connecticut, July 1, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 17, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Connecticut, July 17, 1998
- Hail in Connecticut, July 20, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, July 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 20, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 23, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Connecticut, July 23, 1998
August 1998
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, August 11, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Connecticut, August 17, 1998
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Connecticut, August 18, 1998
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Connecticut, August 25 to 26, 1998
September 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, September 7, 1998
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, September 15 to 16, 1998
- Hail in Connecticut, September 27, 1998
- Heat in Connecticut, September 27, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, September 27, 1998
October 1998
- High Wind in Connecticut, October 1, 1998
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, October 1, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, October 14, 1998
November 1998
December 1998
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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.