Heavy Rain, Hartford
- When
- April 23, 3:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hartford County, Burlington
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.819, -72.572 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Connecticut, April 23, 2006
A slow moving low pressure system tracked south of New England, and brought heavy rain to southern Hartford County. 59 inches in Berlin.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
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 slow moving low pressure system tracked south of New England, and brought heavy rain to southern Hartford County. Rainfall totals of 2 to 4 inches were widely observed with as much as 4.59 inches in Berlin. No river or stream flooding was reported, but there was minor flooding of urban and poor drainage areas.Other rainfall totals, as reported by trained spotters, included 4.24 inches in Burlington, 3.90 inches in Bristol, 3.69 inches in New Britain, 3.67 inches in Avon, 3.25 inches in Southington, 2.74 inches in Farmington, and 2.44 inches in Newington.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, April 23, 2006
- Hail in Texas, April 23 to 24, 2006
- Hail and Dense Fog in Maryland, April 23 to 24, 2006
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Erie, April 23, 2006
More
Every storm in Connecticut in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, April 2006
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: 5497363.