Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Fairfield
- When
- January 21, 2:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Fairfield forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.285, -73.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold in Connecticut, January 21, 2000
The combination of a quickly intensifying low pressure system off the New England Coast and a strong high pressure system west of the Great Lakes caused strong and gusty northwest winds. Northwest winds averaged 25 to 35 mph with gusts from 40 mph at Danbury to 46 mph at Meriden from around 2 pm to 8 pm.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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
- 8
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.
The combination of a quickly intensifying low pressure system off the New England Coast and a strong high pressure system west of the Great Lakes caused strong and gusty northwest winds. Northwest winds averaged 25 to 35 mph with gusts from 40 mph at Danbury to 46 mph at Meriden from around 2 pm to 8 pm. As temperatures fell to around 10 degrees, wind chill values plummeted from 20 to 30 degrees below zero along the coast and to 25 to 35 degrees below zero inland.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northern New Haven
- When
- January 21, 2:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern New Haven forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.443, -72.965 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Middlesex
- When
- January 21, 2:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Middlesex forecast zone
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 41.451, -72.508 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northern New London
- When
- January 21, 2:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern New London forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.504, -72.101 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Fairfield
- When
- January 21, 2:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Fairfield forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.285, -73.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Southern New Haven
- When
- January 21, 2:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern New Haven forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.443, -72.965 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Middlesex
- When
- January 21, 2:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Middlesex forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.451, -72.508 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Southern New London
- When
- January 21, 2:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern New London forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.504, -72.101 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
- Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Strong Wind in New Hampshire, January 21, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, January 21, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 21, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Virginia, January 21, 2000
- Strong Wind in Maine, January 21, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Maine, January 21 to 22, 2000
- Extreme Cold in New York, January 21, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Maryland, January 21, 2000
- Extreme Cold in New Hampshire, January 21 to 22, 2000
- Extreme Cold in West Virginia, January 21, 2000
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, January 21 to 22, 2000
- Blizzard in Maine, January 21 to 22, 2000
More
Every storm in Connecticut in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5128651, 5128652, 5128653, 5128654, 5128655, 5128656, 5128657, 5128658.