Connecticut, 1998

Heat in Connecticut, December 7, 1998

December 7, 1998 · NWS BOX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Unseasonably warm temperatures occurred throughout much of the state. High pressure over the western Atlantic generated an unusually warm westerly wind flow.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

Unseasonably warm temperatures occurred throughout much of the state. High pressure over the western Atlantic generated an unusually warm westerly wind flow. A new record high temperature for the month of December of 76 degrees was established for Hartford at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks. The previous record was 74 degrees set on December 29, 1984. The maximum temperature of 76 degrees also shattered the previous record high for December 7, which was 62 degrees set in 1953. Incidentally, this came a few days after the record high for December 4 was tied. That record was 71 degrees which was originally set in 1982.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Hartford

When
December 7, 12:00 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where
Hartford forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
41.819, -72.572 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Heat
Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.

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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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5677758.