Connecticut

Storms in Connecticut in 2018

335 events in 80 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Connecticut in 2018, 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 2018 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

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The year

Events
335
Deaths
3
Injuries
6
Damage
$7.9 million
Episodes
80

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 Wind9300$5.5 million
Flash Flood5700
Winter Weather4301$162,000
Winter Storm3500$47,000
Flood2300$127,000
Heavy Snow1700
Strong Wind1400$224,000
High Wind912$650,000
Tornado923$1.0 million
Hail800$181,000
Excessive Heat600
Heat600
Blizzard400
Coastal Flood400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Lightning300
Cold/Wind Chill100

Every episode, month by month

January 2018

February 2018

March 2018

April 2018

May 2018

June 2018

July 2018

August 2018

September 2018

October 2018

November 2018

December 2018

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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.