Storm History: South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in South Central Connecticut 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
- 1,421
- Deaths
- 21
- Injuries
- 175
- Damage
- $339 million
- Episodes
- 564
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.
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Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Snow | 198 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 179 | 1 | 5 | $505,000 |
| Hail | 165 | 1 | 8 | $399,000 |
| Flash Flood | 161 | 3 | 0 | $3.6 million |
| High Wind | 116 | 2 | 2 | $2.5 million |
| Winter Weather | 98 | 2 | 0 | $246,000 |
| Tornado | 86 | 1 | 138 | $281 million |
| Winter Storm | 76 | 0 | 4 | |
| Strong Wind | 76 | 0 | 2 | $3.3 million |
| Flood | 48 | 1 | 0 | $130,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 47 | 2 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 46 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 20 | 0 | 1 | $5,000 |
| Heat | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 12 | 2 | 6 | $7.0 million |
| Drought | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 12 | 4 | 4 | $40 million |
| Lightning | 10 | 0 | 5 | $25,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rip Current | 1 | 2 | 0 |
The deadliest
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2024
- Coastal Flood, December 7, 1996
- Rip Current, October 19, 2002
- Ice Storm, January 6, 2009
- Tropical Storm, August 28, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2015
- Tornado, May 24, 1962
- Hail, June 8, 2008
- Flash Flood, September 16, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2000
- Flood, April 23, 2006
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, July 10, 1989
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Ice Storm, February 1, 2011
- Tornado, May 24, 1962
- Tornado, July 3, 1996
- Flash Flood, April 16, 1996
- Strong Wind, September 30, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2011
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2008
- Tornado, August 27, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2024
- Tornado, May 15, 2018
- Strong Wind, October 1, 2010
- Strong Wind, February 13, 2017
- Strong Wind, March 2, 2017
- High Wind, March 1, 2018
- Tornado, November 13, 2021
- Tornado, July 29, 1971
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, July 10, 1989
- Tornado, May 24, 1962
- Tornado, July 29, 1971
- Tornado, October 24, 1955
- Tornado, June 18, 1962
- Tornado, July 19, 1971
- Tornado, September 18, 1973
Every tornado in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, with its track
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2026
- Hail, June 11, 2026
- Blizzard, February 22, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2026
- Heavy Snow, December 26, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2025
- Strong Wind, October 13, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 6, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2025
- High Wind, February 16, 2025
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 4, 2024
- Hail, August 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2024
- Hail, August 3, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2024
- Hail, June 22, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2024
- Coastal Flood, January 13, 2024
- High Wind, January 9, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2024
- High Wind, December 18, 2023
- Flash Flood, December 18, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 13, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 14, 2023
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2023
- High Wind, December 23, 2022
- High Wind, November 30, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 5, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2022
- High Wind, March 12, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2022
- Blizzard, January 28, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2022
- Tornado, November 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2021
- Hail, July 21, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2021
- High Wind, March 26, 2021
- High Wind, March 2, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- High Wind, December 17, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- High Wind, November 30, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- High Wind, November 15, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 7, 2020
- Tornado, August 27, 2020
- Hail, August 22, 2020
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2020
- Hail, June 28, 2020
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Strong Wind, February 7, 2020
- Strong Wind, January 12, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2019
- Strong Wind, November 1, 2019
- High Wind, November 1, 2019
- Coastal Flood, October 16, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2019
- Heat, July 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2019
- High Wind, February 25, 2019
- Strong Wind, February 25, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 30, 2019
- Coastal Flood, January 20, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2019
- Flash Flood, December 21, 2018
- Coastal Flood, November 16, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Strong Wind, October 27, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 25, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 12, 2018
- Tornado, May 15, 2018
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2018
- Strong Wind, April 4, 2018
- Heavy Snow, April 2, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 21, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2018
- Coastal Flood, March 3, 2018
- High Wind, March 1, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2018
- Blizzard, January 4, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2017
- Strong Wind, October 29, 2017
- Flood, October 29, 2017
- Flash Flood, October 24, 2017
- Strong Wind, October 24, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2017
- Strong Wind, March 22, 2017
- Coastal Flood, March 14, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- Strong Wind, March 2, 2017
- Strong Wind, February 13, 2017
- Blizzard, February 9, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2016
- Excessive Heat, August 13, 2016
- Excessive Heat, August 12, 2016
- Tornado, August 10, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2016
- Lightning, July 7, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 25, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2016
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2016
- Blizzard, January 23, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 13, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 21, 2015
- Strong Wind, February 15, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 15, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2015
- Blizzard, January 26, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2015
- Flood, December 9, 2014
- Heavy Snow, November 26, 2014
- Strong Wind, October 22, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2014
- Tornado, July 27, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2014
- Hail, July 3, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2014
- Flood, May 1, 2014
- Strong Wind, April 15, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 31, 2014
- Strong Wind, March 26, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2014
- Heavy Snow, December 14, 2013
- Strong Wind, November 27, 2013
- Strong Wind, November 24, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2013
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 7, 2013
- Coastal Flood, February 27, 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
- Flash Flood, September 28, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2012
- Strong Wind, September 18, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2012
- Hail, July 24, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2012
- Hail, July 18, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2012
- Coastal Flood, June 4, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2012
- High Wind, December 27, 2011
- Winter Storm, October 29, 2011
- Flood, September 8, 2011
- Storm Surge/Tide, August 28, 2011
- Tropical Storm, August 28, 2011
- Flood, August 27, 2011
- Hail, August 21, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2011
- Hail, August 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 22, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2011
- Hail, June 17, 2011
- Lightning, June 9, 2011
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Flood, May 18, 2011
- Flood, March 7, 2011
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2011
- Winter Weather, February 2, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2011
- Blizzard, December 26, 2010
- High Wind, December 1, 2010
- Strong Wind, October 1, 2010
- Flash Flood, October 1, 2010
- Strong Wind, September 30, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 16, 2010
- Strong Wind, August 22, 2010
Earlier years, state by state:
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Tornadoes in South Central Connecticut Planning RegionEvery warning in South Central Connecticut Planning Region since 1986Every county in Connecticut
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.