Connecticut's Weather Fun Facts

Ineresting Weather Facts 

• Average winter snowfall in the Northwest Hills is 50 inches
• Average winter snowfall along the coast is 30-35 inches
• The odds of a damaging earthquake in Connecticut are 1 in 20 each year
• Connecticut averages 1-2 earthquakes a year

January

• January averages 3.5 inches of liquid precipitation; 12.3 inches of snowfall
• -14^th-Daylight increasing by 1.5 minutes each day
• -16^th-Record high this date 62^o F in 1995; record low -8^oF in 1994
• -24^th-Daylight increasing by 2 minutes each day
• January 20-25 is the traditional January thaw

February

• February averages 3.2 inches of liquid precipitation; 11.3 inches of snowfall
• Blizzard of 1978 brought 2 feet of snow
• -10^th-gaining about 2.5 minutes of sunlight per day
• -16^th lowest temperature ever recorded in Connecticut (-37^oF) in Norfolk, 1943

March

• March averages 4.2 inches of liquid precipitation; 9.3 inches of snowfall
• -11^th-Blizzard of 1888 yields 40+ inches of snow
• 83.1 inches in 1994, is the most snowfall since record keeping began in 1905
• -19^th-Blizzard leaves 9-22 inches of snow, making March 1956 the snowiest March on record
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