Storms in Connecticut in 2002
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Connecticut in 2002, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.
Connecticut in 2002 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 168
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $2.9 million
- Episodes
- 58
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 43 | 0 | 1 | $103,000 |
| Hail | 32 | 0 | 0 | $53,000 |
| Drought | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 11 | 2 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | $115,000 |
| Tornado | 5 | 0 | 0 | $80,000 |
| Lightning | 4 | 0 | 0 | $12,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $2.5 million |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rip Current | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2002
April 2002
May 2002
- Drought in Connecticut, May 1 to 31, 2002
- Frost and Freeze in Connecticut, May 20, 2002
- High Wind in Connecticut, May 24, 2002
- Hail in Connecticut, May 27, 2002
- Hail in Connecticut, May 28, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, May 31, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, May 31, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Connecticut, May 31, 2002
June 2002
- Drought in Connecticut, June 1 to 15, 2002
- Tornado in Connecticut, June 5, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Connecticut, June 6, 2002
- Lightning Strikes in Connecticut, June 6, 2002
- Hail in Connecticut, June 16, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Connecticut, June 16, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, June 16, 2002
- Hail in Connecticut, June 16, 2002
- Tornado in Connecticut, June 16, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Connecticut, June 26, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, June 26, 2002
July 2002
- Heat in Connecticut, July 2 to 4, 2002
- Wildfire in Connecticut, July 5 to 7, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 9, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 15, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 19, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 19, 2002
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, July 19, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, July 23, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, July 23, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 23, 2002
August 2002
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, August 2, 2002
- Hail in Connecticut, August 2, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, August 2, 2002
- Hail in Connecticut, August 5, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, August 8, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, August 16, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, August 16, 2002
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, August 29, 2002
September 2002
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, September 1 to 2, 2002
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, September 2, 2002
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Connecticut, September 4, 2002
- High Wind in Connecticut, September 11, 2002
- High Wind in Connecticut, September 11, 2002
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, September 26 to 28, 2002
October 2002
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, October 11 to 12, 2002
- Frost and Freeze in Connecticut, October 15, 2002
- Rip Current in Connecticut, October 19, 2002
November 2002
- Ice Storm and High Wind in Connecticut, November 16 to 18, 2002
- Winter Storm in Connecticut, November 16 to 17, 2002
- Winter Storm in Connecticut, November 27, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, November 27, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, November 27, 2002
December 2002
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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.