Top Snowstorm Records
January 12, 2011 – 24.0″
February 8-9, 2013 – 22.3″
February 12, 2006 – 21.9″
February 11-12, 1983 – 21.0″
December 19-20, 1945 – 18.2″
December 29, 1945 – 17.7″
February 19-20, 1934 – 17.4″
Feburary 20-21, 1921 – 17.0″
February 6-7, 1978 – 16.9″
December 26-27, 1947 -16.9″
March 5, 2001 – 16.3″
Snowiest Season Records
1995 -1996 – 115.2″
Least Snowy Season Records
1936 – 1937 – 14.7″
Snowiest Months
January 2011 – 54.3″
December 1945 – 45.3″
March 1956 – 43.3″
January 1996 – 43.1″
January 1923 – 40.1″
January 1978 – 37.0″
December 1969 -35.4″
January 1987 – 34.0″
March 1967 – 33.2″
February 1926 – 32.7″
February 1969 – 32.2″
Wettest Months
August 1955 – 21.87″
October 2005 – 16.32″
September 1938 – 14.59″
June 1982 – 13.60″
May 1989 – 12.00″
August 2011 – 11.67″
October 1955 – 11.61″
Deepest Snow Depth
January 8, 1996 – 38″
Most Annual 90+ Days
1983 – 38
2002 – 35
2010 – 34
1965 – 34
1966 – 32
Longest Below Freezing Stretch
Ending 12/30/1989 – 19 days
Longest Stretch with No Measureable Precipitation
#1. 33 days (10/9-11/10/1924)
#2. 27 days (8/14-9/9/1948)
#3. 25 days (11/6-11/30/1939)
#4. 24 days (10/4-10/27/1963, 2/26-3/21/1915, 10/4-10/27/1952, 8/7-8/30/1995, 9/13-10/6/1922, 1/23-2/15/1980)
Longest 90+ Stretch
July 24-August 2, 1995 – 10 days
Hottest Temperature on Record
July 22, 2011 – 103º
1966, 2001, 2010 – 102º
Coldest Temperature on Record
January 22, 1961 – -26º
February 16, 1943 – -24º
February 2, 1961 – -21º
Earliest 32º or Colder Temperature
September 20, 1979 – 30º
Latest 32º or Colder Temperature
May 20, 2002 – 30º
Coldest High Temperature on Record
Decemver 20, 1917 – -1º
February 5, 1918 & February 15, 1943 – 0º
Longest Stretch Below -10º
January 21-24, 1961 – 4 days (-13, -26, -19, -19)
January 14-15, 1957 – 2 days (-12, -15)
February 15-16, 1943 – 2 days (-18, -24)
December 30-31, 1917 – 2 days (-18, -15)
December 25-26, 1980 – 2 day s(-13, -14)
Last Time Below -10º February 5, 1996 (-13)
Last Time with High Below 10 January 14, 2004 (9)
Longest Stretch Above 100º
July 19-21, 1991 – 3 (101, 100, 100)
July 6-7, 2010 – 2 (102, 100)
Highest Sustained Wind
70 m.p.h. 11/25/1950
64 m.p.h. 10/3/1979
Average Snow
Note: 3 Years of Missing Data from 1997-2000
Downtown Hartford Average 1904-1953 – 40.3″
Windsor Locks Average 1954-2011 – 50.4″
Windsor Locks Average 1971-2000 – 45.9″
Windsor Locks Average 1981-2010 – 49.0″
Location of Record Site
- October 7, 1904-1935 on the 7th floor of the Hartford National Bank and Trust Co
- Rentschler Field in East Hartford in 1936-1939
- Brainard Field in Hartford in 1939-August 10, 1954
- Bradley International Airport August 10 1954-Present.
Wow, awesome stats Ryan, thanks for posting this info!
Do you really think Hartford averages that much snow?(nearly 50 inches)
I mean that’s as much snow as the FAR northwestern suburbs of boston(ie lowell). I know that area and no comparison to hartford. It seems to me the city of hartford gets about as much snow as the white plains to Katonah area… Yes westchester is further south, but hartford is way EAST of there and we all know how that works out in this area as far as snow goes.
Also, the data is all over the place. Apparantely white plains averages the same snowfall as central park(total crap), while scarsdale averages 40 inches!!!???? http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ussc/index.jsp
Look at some of the other inland ct climate stations. Meriden averages in the low 30′s, cockapnosett…low 30s. Even Amherst, MA averages 37 inches a year according to the nws.
A lot of those coop numbers are incorrect and averages are wrong. The data is unfortunately quite sparse in the NCDC database.
Hartford proper averages just over 40″ while Windsor Locks is just under 50″.
Ok thanks for clearing that up. I remember how you posted about how bdl gives bad readings on snow measurements because they were basically doing a favor for the nws. With all these terrible stations, how do you know which one’s to trust for true snowfall averages?
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Mike P – there are better sites with snowfall data than the one that you noted. I’ve found that site to be very sketchy and not very complete. I would recommend this place. http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/htmlfiles/ct/ct.sno.html
Ryan,
What about the March 1993 storm of the century? I believe it was around 2 feet in Hartford?
thanks
Bob L.
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