Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Barkhamsted, CT

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Barkhamsted, CT, in Barkhamsted at 710 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 84°F and low of 60°F; January is the coolest, at 34°F and 14°F. October is the wettest at 5.2 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 3.2 inches; the year adds up to 51.3 inches over 86 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 54% of the year's precipitation (27.6 of 51.3 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 43 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (18); a normal September there has highs of 75°F and 4.8 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 15 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 151 nights a year. Snowfall averages 51.4 inches a year, most of it in February. That 51.3 inches is more than at 18 of the 27 Connecticut stations used on this site (67%). New Hartford, 5 miles south, has its own station (Bakersville, CT): 54.3 inches a year, 3.0 more than here, and a July average high of 82°F against 84°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 157 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Barkhamsted: 127 thunderstorm wind reports, 15 floods, 11 flash floods and 4 lightning strikes. They killed 0 people and injured 8, and the NWS estimated $1.4 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 100 mph, on June 10, 2008. August has had the most flash floods, 6 of 11. Of the 186 Connecticut cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 34 have had fewer than Barkhamsted.