Connecticut

Storms in Connecticut in 2008

304 events in 99 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Connecticut in 2008, 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 2008 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

Open the live radar over Connecticut

The year

Events
304
Deaths
2
Injuries
7
Damage
$1.7 million
Episodes
99

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind11900$225,000
Hail4215$373,000
Flood3000$268,000
Heavy Snow2700$73,000
Flash Flood2110$640,000
Winter Weather1700
Lightning1400$35,000
High Wind902$15,000
Strong Wind800$23,000
Tropical Storm800$32,000
Winter Storm200
Frost/Freeze200
Heat200
Funnel Cloud100
Heavy Rain100
Ice Storm100

Every episode, month by month

January 2008

February 2008

March 2008

April 2008

May 2008

June 2008

July 2008

August 2008

September 2008

October 2008

November 2008

December 2008

More

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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.