Drought in Connecticut, August 1 to 31, 1999

Name: Drought in Connecticut, August 1 to 31, 1999
Start: 1999-08-01T00:00
End: 1999-08-31T23:59
Location: Connecticut

August 1 to 31, 1999 · NWS ALY · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 drought, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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

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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.

The radar

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

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Event by event

1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Litchfield

When: August 1, 12:00 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Litchfield forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.847, -73.221 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

August 99 was the peak of the long term drought across Northwest Connecticut that began in July of 98. The fourteen month stretch, ending in August, saw rainfall and melted snowfall throughout the region tallying up to only about 80 percent of normal. The long term drought, combined with the heat of the summer, resulted in a drought warning across much of the region as well as a declaration of agricultural disaster. The drought resulted in low levels of streams, and many wells went completely dry. Most communities in Litchfield County implemented voluntary or mandatory water restrictions.

What these are

Drought: A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Connecticut in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Connecticut, August 1999

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: 5714715.