Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit New Britain, CT

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Hartford Brainard Field, CT, 8 miles northeast of New Britain at 19 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 85°F and low of 66°F; January is the coolest, at 37°F and 20°F. October is the wettest at 4.2 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.6 inches; the year adds up to 42.9 inches over 76 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 53% of the year's precipitation (22.9 of 42.9 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 50 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (22); a normal September there has highs of 76°F and 4.0 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 17 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 121 nights a year. That 42.9 inches is more than at 2 of the 27 Connecticut stations used on this site (7%). Berlin, 4 miles south, has its own station (Meriden Markham Municipal Airport, CT): 45.0 inches a year, 2.1 more than here, and a July average high of 84°F against 85°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 267 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of New Britain: 161 thunderstorm wind reports, 54 flash floods, 40 floods and 12 lightning strikes. They killed 2 people and injured 4, and the NWS estimated $12.1 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on July 19, 2008. September has had the most flash floods, 19 of 54. Of the 186 Connecticut cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 154 have had fewer than New Britain.

Flood insurance policyholders in New Britain's 3 ZIP codes have filed 126 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $670,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Not a named storm in 1982: 18 claims (14% of all) and $27,000, then Hurricane Ida in 2021 with 14 and Flooding in 1992 with 13. The year with the most claims was 2005, with 21. 51% 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, 87 have fewer than New Britain.