Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Ashford, CT

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Storrs, CT, 7 miles south of Ashford at 665 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 81°F and low of 63°F; January is the coolest, at 35°F and 19°F. October is the wettest at 4.6 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 3.0 inches; the year adds up to 49.3 inches over 84 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 52% of the year's precipitation (25.8 of 49.3 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 54 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (21); a normal September there has highs of 73°F and 4.5 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 3 days a year, almost all from July. Lows fall below freezing on about 123 nights a year. Snowfall averages 39.0 inches a year, most of it in February. That 49.3 inches is more than at 12 of the 27 Connecticut stations used on this site (44%). Willington, 5 miles west, has its own station (Staffordville, CT): 50.4 inches a year, 1.1 more than here, and the same July average high, 81°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 120 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Ashford: 87 thunderstorm wind reports, 21 floods, 9 flash floods and 3 lightning strikes. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $589,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on May 15, 2018. July has had the most flash floods, 7 of 9. Of the 186 Connecticut cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 28 have had fewer than Ashford.