Connecticut

Storms in Connecticut in 2020

238 events in 76 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Connecticut in 2020, 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 2020 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
238
Deaths
1
Injuries
1
Damage
$56 million
Episodes
76

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 Wind10900$162,000
High Wind2600$968,000
Hail1800$9,000
Strong Wind1600$221,000
Tropical Storm1310$54 million
Winter Weather1000$700
Winter Storm800
Heat700
Tornado701$647,000
Flash Flood600$60,000
Drought600
Heavy Snow600
Lightning400$500
Flood200

Every episode, month by month

January 2020

February 2020

March 2020

April 2020

May 2020

June 2020

July 2020

August 2020

September 2020

October 2020

November 2020

December 2020

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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.