Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Danielson, CT

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is N Foster 1 E, RI, 8 miles northeast of Danielson at 630 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 80°F and low of 61°F; January is the coolest, at 35°F and 19°F. March and December are the wettest at 5.2 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 3.6 inches; the year adds up to 53.8 inches over 87 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 49% of the year's precipitation (26.5 of 53.8 inches); the other six months are wetter. September has brought the most of the 54 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (22); a normal September there has highs of 72°F and 4.4 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 4 days a year, almost all from July. Lows fall below freezing on about 133 nights a year. Snowfall averages 62.0 inches a year, most of it in February. That 53.8 inches is more than at 25 of the 27 Connecticut stations used on this site (93%). Brooklyn, 4 miles west, has its own station (Hampton, CT): 50.6 inches a year, 3.2 less than here, and the same July average high, 80°F.

Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Providence, RI, 25 miles east, averaged 72°F in August and 36°F in February over 2021–2025. No month averaged 80°F. Sea level at the Providence tide gauge, 25 miles from Danielson, has risen 1.04 ± 0.05 inches per decade from 1938 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 10.4 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 58 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 103 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Danielson: 86 thunderstorm wind reports, 7 flash floods, 5 lightning strikes, 4 floods and 1 heavy rain event. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $880,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on May 15, 2018. September has had the most flash floods, 3 of 7. Of the 186 Connecticut cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 20 have had fewer than Danielson.