Ice Storm, Northern Fairfield
- When
- January 3, 9:57 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Fairfield forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.285, -73.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm in Connecticut, January 3, 1999
Light freezing rain was intermittent as it began just after 2 am on Sunday. It became widespread and steady by Sunday morning.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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 OKX wrote it up.
With cold air in place along the surface, as a strong low pressure system moved northeast across the Great Lakes, a second low formed over the Mid-Atlantic States and moved northeast across Long Island during Sunday afternoon, January 3rd.Light freezing rain was intermittent as it began just after 2 am on Sunday. It became widespread and steady by Sunday morning. At least one-half inch of liquid rain fell with temperatures at or below the freezing mark by the times indicated above. Widespread significant icing occurred across the region. Ice accumulated up to 1 inch on trees and power lines across extreme northern parts of Fairfield County, north of Danbury.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Ice Storm, Northern New Haven
- When
- January 3, 10:00 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern New Haven forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.443, -72.965 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Ice Storm
- Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire and Rip Current in California, January 3, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in New York, January 3, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Florida, January 3, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, January 3, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, January 3, 1999
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 3, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in New Jersey, January 3, 1999
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maine, January 3, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, January 3, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, January 3, 1999
- High Wind and Winter Weather in Massachusetts, January 3, 1999
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Michigan, January 3, 1999
More
Every storm in Connecticut in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, January 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5696062, 5696063.