High Wind, Hartford
- When
- December 17, 11:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hartford forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.819, -72.572 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Connecticut, December 17, 2000
A rapidly strengthening low pressure system west of New England brought a period of damaging southerly winds to northern Connecticut, as lines of showers passed through southern New England. Following the passage of a strong cold front in the afternoon, increasing northwest winds caused additional damage.
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
- 3
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.
A rapidly strengthening low pressure system west of New England brought a period of damaging southerly winds to northern Connecticut, as lines of showers passed through southern New England. Following the passage of a strong cold front in the afternoon, increasing northwest winds caused additional damage. Peak wind gusts of nearly 60 mph were common in Hartford, Tolland, and Windham Counties. There were several reports of downed trees and wires, and several thousand electric customers were left without power.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Tolland
- When
- December 17, 11:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Tolland forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
High Wind, Windham
- When
- December 17, 11:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Windham forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.827, -71.977 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 17 to 18, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in New York, December 17 to 18, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Georgia, December 17, 2000
- Flash Flooding in New York, December 17, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 17, 2000
- Flash Flood in Vermont, December 17 to 18, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, December 17, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, December 17, 2000
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, December 17, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Massachusetts, December 17 to 18, 2000
- Flash Flooding and High Wind in Connecticut, December 17, 2000
- High Wind in North Carolina, December 17, 2000
More
Every storm in Connecticut in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, December 2000
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: 5168262, 5168263, 5168264.