Heavy Snow, Northern New Haven
- When
- March 12, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern New Haven forecast zone
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 41.443, -72.965 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Connecticut, March 12, 2005
A low pressure system developed southeast of Long Island before sunrise on Saturday March 12th. This low quickly intensified as it moved northeast.
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
- 2
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.
A low pressure system developed southeast of Long Island before sunrise on Saturday March 12th. This low quickly intensified as it moved northeast. It passed near Nantucket during Saturday afternoon and moved east of Cape Cod by Saturday evening.Light snow spread north across the region between 2 am and 3 am. Snow quickly became heavy around 3 am. A band of heavy snow oriented from south to north across New Haven County produced snowfall rates in excess of 2 inches per hour at several locations, including Beacon Falls and Milford.Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from around 5 to 9 inches. Here are selected amounts of at least 6 inches:Beacon Falls and Middlebury - 9 inchesHamden - 8.2 inchesCheshire - 8.1 inches Ansonia, Milford, and Waterbury - 8.0 inchesSeymour - 7.8 inchesWolcott - 7.7 inchesBranford, North Branford, and Orange - 7.0 inchesSouthbury - 6.3 inchesDerby and West Haven - 6.0 inches
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Southern New Haven
- When
- March 12, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern New Haven forecast zone
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 41.443, -72.965 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 12, 2005
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 12, 2005
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, March 12, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Maine, March 12, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 12, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 12, 2005
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, March 12, 2005
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 12, 2005
- High Wind in Hawaii, March 12 to 16, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Maryland, March 12, 2005
- Winter Storm in Rhode Island, March 12, 2005
- Winter Storm in Connecticut, March 12, 2005
More
Every storm in Connecticut in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, March 2005
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: 5442564, 5442565.