Connecticut, 2025

Winter Weather in Connecticut, December 28 to 29, 2025

December 28 to 29, 2025 · NWS ALY · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Sub-freezing temperatures ahead of an approaching warm front resulted in a period of accumulating freezing rain for all of northwestern Connecticut during the late afternoon and evening hours on December 28, 2025 into the overnight hours on December 29, 2025. As temperatures rose above freezing, precipitation eventually changed to plain rain.

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.

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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 ALY wrote it up.

Sub-freezing temperatures ahead of an approaching warm front resulted in a period of accumulating freezing rain for all of northwestern Connecticut during the late afternoon and evening hours on December 28, 2025 into the overnight hours on December 29, 2025. As temperatures rose above freezing, precipitation eventually changed to plain rain. Flat ice accumulations of a light glaze to 0.20 inches occurred which resulted in some slippery travel conditions.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 28, 1:28 PM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 1:28 PM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes before
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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Northern Litchfield

When
December 28, 5:00 PM EST to December 29, 4:00 AM EST
Where
Northern Litchfield forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
41.847, -73.221 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Southern Litchfield

When
December 28, 5:00 PM EST to December 29, 4:00 AM EST
Where
Southern Litchfield forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
41.847, -73.221 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Weather
Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Connecticut in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, December 2025

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: 1305685, 1305686.