Heat, Hartford
- When
- March 28, 11:35 AM EST
- Where
- Hartford forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.819, -72.572 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Connecticut, March 28, 1998
On March 27th, the high temperature at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks soared to 82 degrees, breaking the old record for the date of 76 degrees set back in 1945. the mean temperature for the day was 70 degrees, breaking the old record of 69 degrees on March 30, 1977.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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.
On March 27th, the high temperature at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks soared to 82 degrees, breaking the old record for the date of 76 degrees set back in 1945. On March 28th, the warmest March day on record was recorded at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks...the mean temperature for the day was 70 degrees, breaking the old record of 69 degrees on March 30, 1977. The high temperature for the day of 84 degrees broke the old record of 83 degrees set in 1989 and prior years.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Arizona, March 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Hail in California, March 28 to 29, 1998
- Tornado in Illinois, March 28, 1998
- Flood and Hail in California, March 28 to 31, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, March 28, 1998
- High Wind in Ohio, March 28, 1998
- High Wind in New York, March 28, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, March 28 to 31, 1998
- Flash Flood in Vermont, March 28 to 31, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, March 28, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, March 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 28 to 29, 1998
More
Every storm in Connecticut in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, March 1998
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: 5643094.