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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Weston, CT

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

48 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Weston, Connecticut since 1851, 9 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 37 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
9

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
39

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
37

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
1

1 deaths in all

What the records show for Weston

The strongest storm to pass near Weston was an unnamed storm in 1938, a Category 3 hurricane with 116 mph winds when its centre passed 25 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was Gloria in 1985, whose centre came within 16 miles. The record near Weston begins with an unnamed storm in 1858; the most recent system was Ida in 2021, a tropical storm 50 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1890s, with 5 systems, 2 of them at hurricane strength. Of the 48 systems, 7 have come since 2000. Of the 186 Connecticut cities on this site, 76% have more hurricanes within 75 miles than Weston. The strongest of the 37 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on July 10, 1989; its path came within 25 miles. The deadliest, an F0 on June 12, 1991, killed 1 person. Of the 37, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 18 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 14. The most recent tornado was on August 12, 2023. Of the 186 Connecticut cities, 63% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Weston. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 36 times since 1961, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Weston has more hail reports within 10 miles than 53% of the 186 Connecticut cities.

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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Weston

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Weston, Connecticut, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaSep 250 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 4
2021HenriAug 2274 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
2021ElsaJul 955 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
2020IsaiasAug 471 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 1
2013AndreaJun 855 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2011IreneAug 2816 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 723 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1999FloydSep 1719 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 1310 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1985GloriaSep 2716 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 4
1985HenriSep 2454 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1976BelleAug 1014 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 3
1972AgnesJun 2222 miTropical storm (56 mph)Category 1
1971DoriaAug 2814 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 1114 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1527 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1960DonnaSep 1240 miCategory 2 (96 mph)Category 4
1960BrendaJul 3010 miTropical storm (54 mph)Tropical storm
1955DianeAug 1939 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1954CarolAug 3165 miCategory 3 (115 mph)Category 3
1952AbleSep 135 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 2
1944Unnamed 1944 stormSep 1562 miCategory 2 (104 mph)Category 5
1938Unnamed 1938 stormSep 2125 miCategory 3 (116 mph)Category 5
1934Unnamed 1934 stormSep 919 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 1940 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 3016 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 1
1916Unnamed 1916 stormMay 1745 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 412 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 1
1908Unnamed 1908 stormMay 3064 miTropical storm (41 mph)Category 1
1904Unnamed 1904 stormSep 1559 miCategory 1 (81 mph)Category 1
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 1648 miTropical storm (43 mph)Tropical storm
1900Unnamed 1900 stormOct 1466 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 161 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 2
1897Unnamed 1897 stormSep 2445 miTropical storm (62 mph)Tropical storm
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 1039 miCategory 1 (82 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2950 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2416 miCategory 1 (82 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 1234 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2216 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 2445 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1877Unnamed 1877 stormOct 554 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 305 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 2620 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 3033 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 1928 miTropical storm (48 mph)Tropical storm
1861Unnamed 1861 stormNov 356 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 285 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 1
1858Unnamed 1858 stormSep 1665 miCategory 1 (91 mph)Category 2

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Weston: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Weston

By decade

  • 2020s2
  • 2010s9
  • 2000s7
  • 1990s8
  • 1980s3(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s5
  • 1960s1
  • 1950s2
Strongest tornadoes near Weston, Connecticut
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jul 10, 1989F425 mi3 mi0 / 40
May 15, 2018EF224 mi1.18 mi0 / 0
Jul 12, 2006F218 mi10.1 mi0 / 6
Jul 10, 1989F221 mi0.5 mi0 / 5
Jul 29, 1971F223 mi4.5 mi0 / 0
Jul 19, 1971F29 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
Jul 14, 1950F28 mi5 mi0 / 3
Oct 2, 2018EF18 mi3.76 mi0 / 0
Oct 2, 2018EF119 mi4.28 mi0 / 0
May 15, 2018EF123 mi7.36 mi0 / 0
May 15, 2018EF119 mi3.67 mi0 / 0
May 15, 2018EF119 mi2.92 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 37, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Weston

The Storm Prediction Center has 36 hail reports within 10 miles of Weston since 1961, made on 28 separate days. Of these, 13 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), was reported on 2 days, most recently May 25, 1994. The most recent report is from August 27, 2020. May and August have the most reports, 9 each.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Weather by month in Weston

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Stamford 5 N, CT, 11 miles southwest of Weston at 190 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 85°F and low of 64°F; January is the coolest, at 38°F and 22°F. September is the wettest at 5.2 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 3.1 inches; the year adds up to 51.5 inches over 81 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 51% of the year's precipitation (26.5 of 51.5 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 48 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (21); a normal September there has highs of 76°F and 5.2 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 18 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 119 nights a year. Snowfall averages 34.0 inches a year, most of it in February. That 51.5 inches is more than at 19 of the 27 Connecticut stations used on this site (70%). Easton, 5 miles northeast, has its own station (Bridgeport Sikorsky Mem Airport, CT): 44.2 inches a year, 7.3 less than here, and a July average high of 83°F against 85°F.

Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Bridgeport, CT, 10 miles east, averaged 76°F in August and 39°F in February over 2021–2025. No month averaged 80°F. Sea level at the Bridgeport tide gauge, 10 miles from Weston, has risen 1.35 ± 0.08 inches per decade from 1964 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 13.5 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 81 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Stamford 5 N, CT
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"Snow inWater °F
Jan38224.379.142
Feb41233.1611.939
Mar49304.785.942
Apr62404.480.548
May72504.180.056
Jun80594.970.065
Jul85643.860.073
Aug83633.860.076
Sep76565.260.074
Oct64454.660.066
Nov53354.260.856
Dec43274.485.846
Year624351.58134.057

Averages for 1991–2020 at Stamford 5 N, CT (190 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Bridgeport, CT, from NOAA Tides & Currents. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.

Connecticut weather by month, station by station →

Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Weston

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 247 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Weston: 158 thunderstorm wind reports, 57 flash floods, 17 floods, 13 lightning strikes and 2 heavy rain events. They killed 7 people and injured 37, and the NWS estimated $4.0 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 100 mph, on June 24, 2010. September has had the most flash floods, 20 of 57. Of the 186 Connecticut cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 165 have had fewer than Weston.

  • October 1, 2010: heavy rain event 2 miles from the centre of Weston — 2 killed.

  • May 8, 2010: lightning strike 9 miles from the centre of Weston — 1 killed, 2 injured.

  • August 18, 2024: flash flood 2 miles from the centre of Weston — 1 killed, $100,000 damage.

    NWS: “Pickup truck and camper submerged in Aspectuck River near Sawmill Road. Nearby bridge washed out.”

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.

Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings

Flood insurance policyholders in Weston's ZIP code 06883 have filed 107 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $1.5 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 2007, with 32. 21% 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, 80 have fewer than Weston.

Fairfield County, which includes Weston, has been named in 33 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1978, 18 of them major disasters (by incident: 11 hurricanes, 8 severe storms, 8 snowstorms, 3 floods). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, on September 20, 2024.

Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.

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