Heavy Rain, Fairfield
- When
- July 26, 8:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fairfield County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.326, -73.447 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Connecticut, July 26, 2000
As a low pressure system moved north along the Mid-Atlantic Coast, periods of heavy rain occurred across the region. Rain developed between 2 and 3 am EDT on July 26th and ended around 9 am on July 27th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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 OKX wrote it up.
As a low pressure system moved north along the Mid-Atlantic Coast, periods of heavy rain occurred across the region. Rain developed between 2 and 3 am EDT on July 26th and ended around 9 am on July 27th. The heaviest rain occurred from around 9 am to 9 pm on the 26th. Rainfall amounts ranged from around 2 to around 3 inches.Here are selected rainfall amounts for:Fairfield County: from 2.38 inches at Bridgeport to 3.85 inches at Putnam Lake.New Haven County: from 1.96 inches at Guilford to 2.56 inches at North Branford.Middlesex County: 2.35 inches was measured at Haddam.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, New Haven
- When
- July 26, 8:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- New Haven County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.362, -72.844 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Middlesex
- When
- July 26, 8:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Middlesex County, Countywide
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.451, -72.508 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, July 26, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 26, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 26 to 27, 2000
- Wildfire in Hawaii, July 26, 2000
- Wildfire in Idaho, July 26 to 31, 2000
- Damaging Winds in New Mexico, July 26 to 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 26, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Kansas, July 26, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 26, 2000
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 26, 2000
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 26, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 26, 2000
More
Every storm in Connecticut in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, July 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: 5155289, 5155290, 5155291.