Storm History: Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 491
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 16
- Damage
- $4.8 million
- Episodes
- 308
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.
Open the live radar over Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Snow | 86 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 81 | 0 | 3 | $260,000 |
| Hail | 67 | 1 | 4 | $195,000 |
| Flash Flood | 34 | 0 | 0 | $308,000 |
| High Wind | 33 | 0 | 0 | $710,000 |
| Winter Storm | 32 | 1 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 24 | 0 | 8 | $289,000 |
| Blizzard | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 18 | 0 | 0 | $320,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 7 | 2 | 1 | $75,000 |
| Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | $2.6 million |
| Excessive Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Flood, March 28, 2010
- Tornado, August 21, 1951
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2011
- High Wind, March 1, 2018
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Hail, July 21, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2010
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Hail, August 1, 2011
- Strong Wind, October 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2021
- Strong Wind, November 2, 2014
- Tornado, July 31, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2021
- Hail, June 22, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2025
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
Every tornado in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, with its track
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2026
- Blizzard, February 22, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2026
- Heavy Snow, December 26, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2025
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2024
- Hail, June 22, 2024
- High Wind, April 3, 2024
- High Wind, February 29, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2024
- Coastal Flood, January 13, 2024
- Coastal Flood, January 10, 2024
- High Wind, January 9, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2024
- High Wind, December 18, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2023
- Hail, June 2, 2023
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 4, 2023
- High Wind, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2022
- Blizzard, January 28, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2022
- Tornado, November 13, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 9, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Tropical Storm, August 22, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- High Wind, September 30, 2020
- Hail, August 24, 2020
- Hail, August 22, 2020
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Hail, June 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 21, 2020
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2019
- Strong Wind, October 31, 2019
- Coastal Flood, October 16, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2019
- Hail, June 30, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 30, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2019
- Coastal Flood, November 16, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 25, 2018
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2018
- Tornado, May 15, 2018
- Heavy Snow, April 2, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 21, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2018
- High Wind, March 1, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2018
- Blizzard, January 4, 2018
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- Blizzard, February 9, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 25, 2016
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2016
- Blizzard, January 23, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2015
- Hail, May 19, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2015
- Blizzard, January 26, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2015
- Strong Wind, November 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2014
- Heavy Snow, December 14, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 7, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 12, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 7, 2013
- Blizzard, February 8, 2013
- High Wind, January 31, 2013
- Heavy Snow, December 29, 2012
- Heavy Snow, November 7, 2012
- Coastal Flood, October 29, 2012
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 18, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Hail, May 26, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2012
- Winter Storm, October 29, 2011
- Storm Surge/Tide, August 28, 2011
- Tropical Storm, August 28, 2011
- Hail, August 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 22, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2011
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Hail, June 8, 2011
- Hail, June 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2011
- Blizzard, December 26, 2010
- Hail, July 21, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2010
- Hail, May 26, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2010
- Flood, March 28, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 10, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 19, 2009
- Tornado, July 31, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 19, 2008
- Flood, December 12, 2008
- Strong Wind, October 25, 2008
- Tropical Storm, September 6, 2008
- Hail, August 11, 2008
- Hail, July 23, 2008
- Hail, July 2, 2008
- High Wind, May 12, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 5, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2007
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2007
- Tornado, May 16, 2007
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Coastal Flood, April 15, 2007
- Winter Storm, March 16, 2007
- Flash Flood, March 2, 2007
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- Flash Flood, October 28, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2006
- Heat, August 1, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2006
- Hail, May 21, 2006
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2006
- High Wind, February 17, 2006
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2006
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2006
- High Wind, January 18, 2006
- Heavy Snow, December 9, 2005
- Heavy Rain, October 11, 2005
- Flood, October 8, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2005
- Heavy Rain, April 2, 2005
- Flood, March 28, 2005
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2005
- Winter Weather, March 8, 2005
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2005
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2005
- Hail, July 2, 2004
- Heavy Snow, January 28, 2004
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2004
- Heavy Snow, December 5, 2003
- Flood, September 28, 2003
- Heavy Snow, March 6, 2003
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2003
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 5, 2002
- Heavy Snow, November 27, 2002
- Heavy Rain, September 26, 2002
- High Wind, September 11, 2002
- Heat, July 2, 2002
- Hail, June 16, 2002
- Drought, June 1, 2002
- Drought, May 1, 2002
- Drought, April 1, 2002
- Flood, August 20, 2001
- Hail, August 10, 2001
- Heat, August 8, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2001
- High Wind, May 21, 2001
- Flood, April 23, 2001
- Flood, April 13, 2001
- Flood, March 30, 2001
- Flash Flood, March 22, 2001
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2001
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2001
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2001
- Winter Storm, December 30, 2000
- High Wind, December 17, 2000
- High Wind, December 12, 2000
- Heavy Rain, July 26, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2000
- Hail, June 11, 2000
- Heavy Rain, June 6, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2000
- Hail, May 10, 2000
- Heavy Rain, March 11, 2000
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 17, 2000
- Flash Flood, September 16, 1999
- Hail, August 5, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 1999
- Heat, July 4, 1999
- Heavy Snow, March 15, 1999
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 1999
- Flash Flood, February 2, 1999
- Flash Flood, January 15, 1999
- Flash Flood, August 17, 1998
- Tornado, June 30, 1998
- Flash Flood, June 19, 1998
- Heavy Rain, June 13, 1998
- Lightning, June 2, 1998
- Heavy Rain, May 9, 1998
- Strong Wind, April 23, 1998
- Flash Flood, March 9, 1998
- Flash Flood, January 23, 1998
- Ice Storm, January 15, 1998
Earlier years, state by state:
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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.