Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Somers, CT

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Staffordville, CT, 10 miles east of Somers at 736 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 81°F and low of 59°F; January is the coolest, at 34°F and 14°F. October is the wettest at 4.9 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 3.3 inches; the year adds up to 50.4 inches. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 52% of the year's precipitation (26.3 of 50.4 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 48 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (20); a normal September there has highs of 73°F and 4.3 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 5 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 152 nights a year. That 50.4 inches is more than at 14 of the 27 Connecticut stations used on this site (52%). Enfield, 6 miles west, has its own station (Hartford Bradley International Airport, CT): 47.1 inches a year, 3.3 less than here, and a July average high of 85°F against 81°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 255 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Somers: 211 thunderstorm wind reports, 16 floods, 15 lightning strikes, 12 flash floods and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 0 people and injured 7, and the NWS estimated $4.1 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 98 mph, on July 26, 2011. July has had the most flash floods, 10 of 12. Of the 186 Connecticut cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 35 have had fewer than Somers.

Flood insurance policyholders in Somers's ZIP code 06071 have filed 11 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1994, and were paid $264,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. Of the 128 Connecticut cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 2 have fewer than Somers.