Storm History: Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Western 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
- 1,645
- Deaths
- 38
- Injuries
- 178
- Damage
- $81 million
- Episodes
- 657
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 293 | 3 | 12 | $881,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 212 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 201 | 4 | 0 | $15 million |
| Hail | 186 | 1 | 8 | $1.0 million |
| High Wind | 137 | 15 | 12 | $12 million |
| Winter Weather | 116 | 4 | 92 | |
| Tornado | 87 | 2 | 45 | $9.3 million |
| Winter Storm | 82 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 80 | 0 | 4 | $2.6 million |
| Blizzard | 48 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 46 | 2 | 0 | |
| Flood | 36 | 0 | 0 | $4.0 million |
| Heavy Rain | 21 | 2 | 1 | $7,000 |
| Heat | 20 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 16 | 2 | 2 | |
| Excessive Heat | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 12 | 1 | 2 | $310,000 |
| Drought | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 10 | 0 | 0 | $36 million |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- High Wind, March 13, 2010
- High Wind, October 19, 1996
- High Wind, March 1, 2018
- Tornado, May 15, 2018
- Coastal Flood, March 31, 1997
- Heavy Rain, August 20, 1997
- Winter Weather, December 10, 1997
- Heat, July 2, 2002
- High Wind, September 11, 2002
- Ice Storm, January 6, 2009
- Flash Flood, October 1, 2010
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2024
- Lightning, May 8, 2010
- Hail, June 30, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 1997
- High Wind, May 24, 2002
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Tornado, June 24, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2000
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- High Wind, October 19, 1996
- Flood, March 28, 2010
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- High Wind, March 13, 2010
- Tornado, July 12, 2006
- Flash Flood, October 11, 2007
- Flash Flood, September 16, 1999
- High Wind, March 1, 2018
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Hail, May 25, 1994
- Strong Wind, October 1, 2010
- High Wind, February 13, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2024
- Strong Wind, March 2, 2017
- Tornado, July 14, 1950
- Strong Wind, October 15, 2003
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 Western Connecticut Planning Region, with its track
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 11, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2026
- High Wind, February 23, 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
- Flood, October 30, 2025
- High Wind, October 30, 2025
- Strong Wind, October 13, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 6, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 26, 2025
- Strong Wind, March 5, 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
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2024
- High Wind, August 9, 2024
- Hail, August 3, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2024
- Hail, June 22, 2024
- Hail, May 23, 2024
- High Wind, April 3, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2024
- Coastal Flood, January 13, 2024
- Flash Flood, January 10, 2024
- High Wind, January 9, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2024
- High Wind, December 18, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 29, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 13, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 11, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 14, 2023
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2023
- High Wind, December 23, 2022
- High Wind, November 30, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2022
- High Wind, March 12, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 9, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2022
- Blizzard, January 28, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 17, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2022
- High Wind, October 29, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 23, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2021
- High Wind, April 30, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 21, 2021
- High Wind, March 2, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 26, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2021
- High Wind, December 24, 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
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2020
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Tornado, August 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2020
- Hail, July 1, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2020
- Hail, May 11, 2020
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Strong Wind, February 7, 2020
- Strong Wind, January 16, 2020
- Strong Wind, January 8, 2020
- Strong Wind, December 30, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2019
- High Wind, November 1, 2019
- Coastal Flood, October 27, 2019
- High Wind, October 17, 2019
- Coastal Flood, October 16, 2019
- Coastal Flood, October 11, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2019
- Heat, July 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2019
- Hail, June 30, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2019
- Hail, March 15, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2019
- High Wind, February 25, 2019
- Strong Wind, January 30, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 30, 2019
- Strong Wind, January 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2019
- Strong Wind, December 21, 2018
- Flash Flood, December 21, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Tornado, October 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 25, 2018
- Hail, September 6, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2018
- Strong Wind, July 22, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2018
- Tornado, May 15, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2018
- Strong Wind, April 16, 2018
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2018
- Heavy Snow, April 2, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 21, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 1, 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
- High Wind, October 29, 2017
- Flash Flood, October 24, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 5, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 6, 2017
- Strong Wind, March 22, 2017
- Coastal Flood, March 14, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- Strong Wind, March 2, 2017
- High Wind, February 13, 2017
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2017
- Blizzard, February 9, 2017
- Strong Wind, January 23, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2016
- Strong Wind, December 15, 2016
- Strong Wind, October 23, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 14, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2016
- Excessive Heat, August 13, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2016
- Strong Wind, March 28, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 25, 2016
- Strong Wind, February 24, 2016
- High Wind, February 24, 2016
- Strong Wind, February 16, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2016
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2016
- Coastal Flood, January 23, 2016
- Blizzard, January 23, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2015
- Hail, May 28, 2015
- Strong Wind, April 4, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 21, 2015
- High Wind, 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, November 2, 2014
- Strong Wind, October 22, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 6, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2014
- Hail, July 3, 2014
- Lightning, May 22, 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
- Flash Flood, November 27, 2013
- Strong Wind, November 24, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 7, 2013
- Flash Flood, September 2, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2013
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2013
- Tornado, July 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 18, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 7, 2013
- Coastal Flood, February 27, 2013
- Strong Wind, February 27, 2013
- Blizzard, February 8, 2013
- High Wind, January 31, 2013
- Heavy Snow, December 29, 2012
- Heavy Snow, November 7, 2012
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Western Connecticut Planning RegionEvery warning in Western 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 2026-09-24.