Heat, Hartford
- When
- September 7, 12:00 AM EST to September 9, 11:59 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)
Heat in Connecticut, September 7 to 9, 1999
Record warm low temperatures were set or equaled at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks. The low temperature of 71 degrees on the 7th broke the previous record of 68 degrees, which was set in 1943.
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.
Record warm low temperatures were set or equaled at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks. The low temperature of 71 degrees on the 7th broke the previous record of 68 degrees, which was set in 1943. On the 8th, the low of 72 degrees broke the previous record of 70 degrees, set in 1916. And on the 9th, the low of 70 degrees tied the record which was set in 1992.
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 Pennsylvania, September 7, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, September 7, 1999
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 7, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, September 7, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 7 to 8, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, September 7, 1999
- Flood in Florida, September 7, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, September 7, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 7, 1999
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 7, 1999
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, September 7, 1999
- Hail in Minnesota, September 7, 1999
More
Every storm in Connecticut in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, September 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: 5722156.