Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Bloomfield, CT

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Hartford Bradley International Airport, CT, 8 miles north of Bloomfield at 190 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 85°F and low of 63°F; January is the coolest, at 35°F and 19°F. October is the wettest at 4.5 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 3.1 inches; the year adds up to 47.1 inches over 81 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 53% of the year's precipitation (25.1 of 47.1 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 50 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (21); a normal September there has highs of 76°F and 4.4 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 20 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 126 nights a year. Snowfall averages 51.7 inches a year, most of it in February. That 47.1 inches is more than at 8 of the 27 Connecticut stations used on this site (30%). Weatogue, 5 miles west, has its own station (Burlington, CT): 53.5 inches a year, 6.4 more than here, and a July average high of 84°F against 85°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 294 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Bloomfield: 203 thunderstorm wind reports, 44 flash floods, 36 floods, 10 lightning strikes and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 1 person and injured 9, and the NWS estimated $9.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on November 13, 2021. August has had the most flash floods, 16 of 44. Of the 186 Connecticut cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 129 have had fewer than Bloomfield.

Flood insurance policyholders in Bloomfield's ZIP code 06002 have filed 57 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $560,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Not a named storm in 1982: 10 claims (18% of all) and $14,000. The year with the most claims was 2011, with 14. 26% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 128 Connecticut cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 63 have fewer than Bloomfield.